calliecritturs
Posted : 2/5/2015 9:25:35 AM
When the dog has been on it for 5 years? Yeah, it will likely rebound. Your vet ***suspects*** Cushings??? Why not TEST for it. A Bile Acids Test is easy -- you have to fast the dog the night before/morning of, and they draw blood at a couple of times during the day and test it. You don't want to *treat* Cushings unless it is accurately diagnosed because the treatment is pretty nasty (meds with a lot of side effects).
I'm astonished they put the dog on pred for **ears**?? Is this for allergy-induced yeast infections? Even something cheap like the Blue Power Solution (it's a recipe you make up -- it's boric acid, gentian violet in rubbing alcohol that you massage into the ear/ear canal twice a day for two weeks, and then you use it once a week or every 2 weeks to maintain. Or even a product like Zymox Ear Drops (it's enzymatic -- the stuff works really well) put in the ears will take care of them without the destruction that pred causes long term. You get Zymox from the vet.