My mom and dad's tortie, Lucey, has major allergies and has meds for them as well. She take pred. on an as needed basis (they don't like to give it to her much because it's a steriod), and there's another med she takes as well. I know if it gets really bad, she goes to the vet for a shot.

They also had to switch her flea medication to Revolution because she had a really bad reaction to Frontline where her fur would fall out in clumps where they put it on her. Revolution doesn't do that to her at all.

Hope your Ellen gets to feeling better and she won't need all those meds!