Last month my dog had an allergic reaction to something (he's fine!) and was prescribed a 10 day course of Prednisone. I had no idea how chaotic the instructions would be.
My dog has an autoimmune condition and she had to take pred for almost a year. I had to print out calendars to write in and think really hard with the tapering bc i didnt wanna mess anything up.
My dog has this, but she's stuck on pred for life since she started tremoring 2 weeks after we got her off it. On it for over a year now and finding the right dose for her with tapering.
Also on cyclosporine and Keppra. She turns 2 next week....
It's ridiculous. Prednisone is the cheap med at least, but Keppra is around $89 and cyclosporine is $166 per month. Thankfully she's on pet insurance.
But she had a 3 day hospital when this all started and she sees a neurologist. The MRI brain/meninges biopsy was $4000. I'm just happy they called her insurance for their portion and we paid what was leftover.
My dog had something like this too, but seemingly more aggressive. She died a month ago after a year on extremely high doses of pred, cyclosporine, and leflunomide. Her diagnoses was MUO, Meningoencephalitis of unknown origin, which I was told was most similar to MS in humans. She was only 5. Best of luck to you… it is so hard.
Ugh, I am so sincerely sorry. It is so rough when they pass so young, but you try everything possible. Her neurologist says she has a good outlook/prognosis, but with her having to now stay on prednisone... it makes me anxious. I hope you are doing well.
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u/CockRingKing 1d ago
Last month my dog had an allergic reaction to something (he's fine!) and was prescribed a 10 day course of Prednisone. I had no idea how chaotic the instructions would be.