Radar and his evil heartworms

[columbine]

Prednisone is a steroid (inflammation suppressant), not an antiparasitic. I wonder whether the itchiness is, as catlady711 says, an allergy that might respond to something less intense, like an antihistamine? Might be a good question for your vet.

Love, Columbine (whose itchy cat responds very well to an antihistamine)

[Radar]

Radar is currently on 5mg pills....but please remember that he is an obese kitty.

http://petobesityprevention.com/

the following information was provided to me from another website's forum from what looks like a reliable source...
http://www.catster.com/

"Prednisolone is the partially metabolized version of Prednisone. Your liver normally metabolizes Prednisone into Prednisolone...so the later is actually better for cats to take"

and

"Prednisone in diminishing doses often is effective medical support for infected cats with radiographic evidence of lung disease, whether or not they appear ill. Also, this should be initiated whenever antibody and/or antigen positive cats display clinical signs. An empirical oral regimen is 2 mg/kg body weight/day, declining gradually to 0.5 mg/kg every other day by two weeks and then discontinued after an additional two weeks. At that time the effects of treatment should be reassessed based on the clinical response and/or thoracic radiography. This treatment may be repeated in cats with recurrent clinical signs."

hope that helps your question on his dosage and provides you some more information about his meds.

what is 'moonface'? i have never heard of that...


To update you on Radar, he has an appointment to see a new vet in the upcoming days...hopefully we can figure out his furr situation.

[Medusa]

Moon face is the roundness of the face that humans get when on Prednisone for a long period of time. If you've seen Jerry Lewis lately, his face is very round and full, especially compared to how he used to look, and it's due to having been on Prednisone for so long for inflammation from injuries caused by so many pratfalls in his comedy.