<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Matt and Roughy!!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>I just read your email and sense you need a quick answer to appropriate dosage for dex (which is a steroid). I don't have a for-sure answer for you but, I can say this....I am a health care therapist and also a patient due to several autoimmune diseases. This I know in humans, oral steroids are given in most cases in multiple doses (2-4) a day as it is a short acting medication. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;
font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span> I would go by the printed dosage which is usually correct. The best avenue to get quick feedback is on Face Book. There is a page for "Owners of Feline Leukemia and FIV cats" There are some very active ppl with a lot of experience that will answer pretty quickly. I have had only a couple posts here. I like and post a lot on the face book page almost daily.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica
Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Wishing you and Roughy the best, and good health,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Susan and Sophia</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, September 14, 2014 12:12 PM, Matt Pardo <mpardo@velocitystorm.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1778442976">
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<div class="yiv1778442976MsoNormal">Hi everyone, I am new to the list. I have been looking through the archives for an answer, but haven’t found it yet. Sorry if this has been answered before.
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<div class="yiv1778442976MsoNormal">My cat, named Roughy, was a feral cat with FIV and FeLV. I have had him for about four years now with only minor infections. However, on Thursday, he didn’t eat. On Friday, I took him to the vet. The vet said he was extremely anemic…unfortunately,
I was too shell shocked to ask for a copy of the lab results so I can’t say what that means. He gave him a shot of dexamethasone on Friday and gave him fluids. He seemed much better when I took him home. He gave me some dex to give him to him. I could have
sworn he said one time a day, but the label says 2 times per day (every 12 hours). My concern is that I am giving him too much dex. The dosage per pill is 0.5 mg which nets to 1 mg per 24 hours. Is this ok/normal? This is the first anemia I have experienced
and I am really worried. Poor Roughy had a really rough night Friday. Last night was a bit better, but he still seems to be struggling. I would really appreciate it if anyone knows if that dosage is ok. Of course, I have tried contacting my vet, but I can’t
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<div class="yiv1778442976MsoNormal">Thanks!</div>
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