[Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 42, Issue 8

[ROBERT CHAPEL]

Amani...
I think I overstated myself with the prednisone...
IThe explanation I got was that the active metabolite of prednisone is 
prednisolone which actually does the work and the animal needs to be 
able to make this conversion.... There appears to be some question as to 
the feline ability to make this conversion ( I would 
add....reliably...because it is clear that some cats HAVE profitted 
greatly from prednisone....


The question I have is IF the active metabolite is what is doing the 
work... why would , anyone, prescribe prednisone???  ..... gets 
confusing ...no??







On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 09:38 PM, felvtalk-request at felineleukemia.org 
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> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 23:02:11 +0000
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> Hi Bob
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> When I was treating Zander, all the vets were using prednisone on 
> cats, so that is what I used on Zander. I don?t agree it is useless. I 
> have used prednisone on other cats, with good result. However, I now 
> understand that prednisolone is a derivative of prednisone and is 
> better and safer for cats. This is my understanding as to why this was 
> changed, but I have heard from vets that the two are interchangeable 
> in terms of dosage, etc.
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