Prednisolone and vomiting

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so sorry to hear this. Like I mentioned before, this sure does bring back sad memories about my Pepper because he was also on pred pills and this caused him to start throwing up blood. The vet thought that it was irritating his stomach so maybe this is what is happening with Panther. I would stop giving him the pred and see what happens. I'm glad that you'll be calling your vet again too. You could also call an ER vet to ask for some advice. I sure hope that Panther will start improving soon. Please take care.

[Catlady711]

Here's some info on Pred side effects from http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Con...=1&SourceID=52


SIDE EFFECTS
Prednisone and prednisolone have activity in the kidney leading to the conservation of salt. This creates the classical side effects of prednisone/prednisolone use: excessive thirst and excessive urination. If this occurs, another steroid can be selected or the prednisone/prednisolone dose can be dropped.

Prednisone/prednisolone are commonly used for several weeks or even months at a time to get a chronic process under control. It is important that the dose be tapered to an every other day schedule once the condition is controlled. The reason for this is that body will perceive these hormones and not produce any of its own. In time, the adrenal glands will atrophy so that when the medication is discontinued, the patient will be unable to respond to any stressful situation. An actual circulatory crisis can result. By using the medication every other day, this allows the body's own adrenal glands to remain active.

Any latent infections can be unmasked by prednisone use. Feline upper respiratory infections is a classical example. When a cat recovers clinically, the infection simply goes dormant. Glucocorticoid use could bring the infection out again.)

Glucocorticoid hormone use can be irritating to the stomach at higher doses.