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Re: French bulldog w calcinosis cutis - Qs on Cushings diagnosis & treatment
Thank you, all. Glynda - perhaps that's why the Lysodren range was listed on the lab results instead of Dechra's range???
I finally heard back from the IMS just now and based on his experience he is standing very firm on keeping Lola at 30mg until our next ACTH test, with me keeping a very close eye on her in the meantime (I work from home for the most part right now thankfully). It's already been one week since the last ACTH test, so 3 more weeks to go. I'm very nervous...I don't know what the right answer is here - keep her at 30mg or insist she be decreased. OR, keep her at 30mg and get the next ACTH test sooner?
Other things to note:
- Lola is still having those shakes/shivers as I shared in that video from before, but now they are becoming more frequent. The IMS confirmed that does happen to some dogs on Trilostane, and he'll be calling someone from Dechra today to see if they can provide anymore detail on that. Apparently Dechra staff is offsite for all of today & tomorrow for some training, so it will take a few days to receive a response, which I'll post here once received.
- Over the last week I've noticed Lola drinking slightly less water than the gargantuan amounts she used to drink. I don't think it's at her normal rate yet, but definitely a bit of a decrease.
- Sometimes when I take her out now, she won't pee at all, whereas she used to pee every single time I took her outside, even if it was only an hour in between trips. I assume this is because of the slight decrease in drinking...but she's still drinking a lot so I'm feeling like this might be a little bit weird? The vet said they didn't think it was anything to be worried about since her urgency to urinate might be less now...
- Her appetite is still great.
- Her energy is still up (periodic bouts of play and speed walking) and down (moments of looking miserable) throughout the day.
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