Quote Originally Posted by Joan2517 View Post
Hi and welcome from me, too. My Gable was 90 pounds and I only started him on 40mg which we did have to lower to 30 and then 10 because his cortisol dropped too low. He was down to 5mg when he died from an acute attack of pancreatitis. It's very important to keep up with the testing and watching for signs of the cortisol dropping too low, too fast, and it's better to start low and increase the dose if needed. My vet was willing to work with me on the lower doses and Gable did well for a pretty long time and was 12 when he died, four or five years after being on the Vetoryl. Please don't let your vet talk you into higher dosing.

Joan
Thank you SO much for sharing! I have been reading so much about it and just don't feel like I can give her recommended dose. I think she is willing to work with me though. Your final dose was approximately 0.1 mg/kg per day, which is the dose Dr Feldman recommends "all dogs treated with trilostane begin at about 0.1-0.5 mg/kg, twice daily. The 0.3 to 0.5 mg/kg BID dose is for dogs less than 15 kg and the 0.1 to 0.3 mg/kg BID dose is for dogs weighing more than 20 kg".
Thank you so much for your input.