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RE: Senior cat not eating--very worried

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Posted by: charmie2000 at Tue May 8 12:11:13 2007  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by charmie2000 ]  
   

Thank you for your feedback, esp. with regard to the medication for hyperthyroid, methimazole. I did not know that anorexia and nausea are side-effects. In fact, I asked the doctor about side-effects and he didn't mention this. I suspect too, that she wasn't eating because she had an upper-respiratory infection or even the feline herpes virus (thus the sneezing and coughing) and couldn't smell so she wasn't interested too much in food, although now it seems that the methimazole was the real culprit for her not eating because her thyroid was retested and was very low, so she was obviously being given too high of a dose. I was told to stop the medication for a couple of days and restart with half the dose, which would be 2.5 mg twice/day. Now I'm wondering if I should restart the methimazole so soon because she really should regain some weight. She has been eating canned salmon and tuna in the past two days. She is being given antibiotic drops (Clavamix) for the possible infection, vitamins and lysine for the herpes virus, and can't tell which specifically is helping her to be more interested in food. She is drinking water regularly. Now my big question is when to restart the methimazole--any suggestions? Thanks!


   

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