[PyrNet-L] Re: pyrnet-l-digest.19991002

[Neil Wilson <belthasar@mindspring.com>]

On the subject of prednisone...

I had a very good friend who was having some serious problems as he aged 
(he died at 64 yrs of age a few years back) The doctors has put him on 
prednisone for a lengthy time to relieve the symptoms of emphysema. A 
drawback of this medication was that he used it for too long and caused his 
bones to become brittle and gave him liver and kidney problems. He actually 
got to the point of breaking a rib as he coughed and became jaundiced. 
Please check with your vet and doctors respectively before accepting any 
long term plan calling for the use of prednisone. From what I have seen and 
heard it is used too widely for way too long.



At 11:51 PM 10/2/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>Re: [PyrNet-L] feeding                 Dancingpyr@aol.com
>[PyrNet-L] Prednisone                  klbyrd@tampabay.rr.com
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>Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 08:53:53 EDT
>From: Dancingpyr@aol.com
>Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] feeding
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>In a message dated 10/1/99 8:28:54 PM EST, Pacerized@aol.com writes:
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><< he put her on Prednisone >>
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>Did your vet say why he put her on prednisone?  Just interested.  We have had
>one of our pyrs put it for scratching.  Seems Tanuki had a bacterial skin
>infection, and the prednisone relieved the itching, thus helping him to stop
>scratching and re-infecting the area.
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>Just curious - Robyn
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>Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 10:20:00 -0400
>From: klbyrd@tampabay.rr.com
>Subject: [PyrNet-L] Prednisone
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>Predinisone is basically a steriod.  It is used for a lot of different
>things.  Generally, it works by opening things up.  For example, I was
>once given the drug for vapor lock in my jaw and opened the joint up and
>relieved the condition. My son takes it when he is on a nebulizer to
>treat his lungs.  It opens the bronchials so the medication he breathes
>in penetrates better.  I have also heard of it being used for allergy
>type symptoms and even for arthritis before there were many other
>options for treating arthritis.  I'm not sure why it would be prescribed
>to increase a dog's appetite, but I do know it has many uses and that
>some steroids can increase the appetite.
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>Kris
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