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EC Treatment question

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cannonwoman

Warren Veteran
As many of you are aware Blue is at present being treated for EC.
He`s on a 28 day course of panancur, has just finished a course of antibiotics & on Wednesday started having steroid injections. Once he began the steroid treatment there was a significant improvement in him. He had one on Weds then one on Friday.
This afternoon he has become `weaker` again so i phoned my vet re: another steroid shot but he said "no", leave it another 48 hrs & then reasses :? That would make it 5 days since the last shot whereas the others were done 2 days apart?
The info which i took into the vets re: ec treatment said that steroids should be used in conjunction with panacur BUT not how often.

Please can someone help me out here? Is the vet right not giving another one yet or do i need to start pushing again?

Thanks in advance,
Su.x
 
cannonwoman said:
As many of you are aware Blue is at present being treated for EC.
He`s on a 28 day course of panancur, has just finished a course of antibiotics & on Wednesday started having steroid injections. Once he began the steroid treatment there was a significant improvement in him. He had one on Weds then one on Friday.
This afternoon he has become `weaker` again so i phoned my vet re: another steroid shot but he said "no", leave it another 48 hrs & then reasses :? That would make it 5 days since the last shot whereas the others were done 2 days apart?
The info which i took into the vets re: ec treatment said that steroids should be used in conjunction with panacur BUT not how often.

Please can someone help me out here? Is the vet right not giving another one yet or do i need to start pushing again?

Thanks in advance,
Su.x
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I think with corticosteroids one has to be careful as they supress the immune system and can thereby make Bun susceptable to other infections. Also, they do have an effect on Kidney Function.

Did the Vet mention using Metacam again as an anti-inflammatory?

Janex
 
Jack's-Jane said:
cannonwoman said:
As many of you are aware Blue is at present being treated for EC.
He`s on a 28 day course of panancur, has just finished a course of antibiotics & on Wednesday started having steroid injections. Once he began the steroid treatment there was a significant improvement in him. He had one on Weds then one on Friday.
This afternoon he has become `weaker` again so i phoned my vet re: another steroid shot but he said "no", leave it another 48 hrs & then reasses :? That would make it 5 days since the last shot whereas the others were done 2 days apart?
The info which i took into the vets re: ec treatment said that steroids should be used in conjunction with panacur BUT not how often.

Please can someone help me out here? Is the vet right not giving another one yet or do i need to start pushing again?

Thanks in advance,
Su.x
Click to expand...

I think with corticosteroids one has to be careful as they supress the immune system and can thereby make Bun susceptable to other infections. Also, they do have an effect on Kidney Function.

Did the Vet mention using Metacam again as an anti-inflammatory?

Janex
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Nope :? Just said leave another 48 hrs :? He wasn`t really much help.

Su.x
 
cannonwoman said:
Jack's-Jane said:
cannonwoman said:
As many of you are aware Blue is at present being treated for EC.
He`s on a 28 day course of panancur, has just finished a course of antibiotics & on Wednesday started having steroid injections. Once he began the steroid treatment there was a significant improvement in him. He had one on Weds then one on Friday.
This afternoon he has become `weaker` again so i phoned my vet re: another steroid shot but he said "no", leave it another 48 hrs & then reasses :? That would make it 5 days since the last shot whereas the others were done 2 days apart?
The info which i took into the vets re: ec treatment said that steroids should be used in conjunction with panacur BUT not how often.

Please can someone help me out here? Is the vet right not giving another one yet or do i need to start pushing again?

Thanks in advance,
Su.x
Click to expand...

I think with corticosteroids one has to be careful as they supress the immune system and can thereby make Bun susceptable to other infections. Also, they do have an effect on Kidney Function.

Did the Vet mention using Metacam again as an anti-inflammatory?

Janex
Click to expand...


Nope :? Just said leave another 48 hrs :? He wasn`t really much help.

Su.x
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Well I'd give them a call again and ask. Its the inflammatory reaction to the EC spores in the Cental Nervous System that needs to be controlled I would have thought :?

Janex
 
Thanks Jane,
Have done :) I think my new vets are starting to get sick of me already! :oops: It just seems to be such hard work to get them to accept bunnies as `important`! :?

Su.x
 
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