Pancreatitis?

Re: Pancreatitis?

Christopher Saul — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:13:04 GMT

[quote user="K Burton"]the O is actually giving half the prescribed dose of phenobarb due to Googling the side effects, and has doubled the prescribed dose of bromide to compensate :-S[/quote]

[quote user="K Burton"]This dog's owner is very very very intense (and a human nurse) and I'm stuck![/quote]

.... slightly worrying!!! One would hope nurses would be more sensible than that!

[quote user="K Burton"]could it be acute pancreatitis again? [/quote]

more likely a bout of chronic pancreatitis, which is alot more common than previously thought. I'd be tempted to start this dog on a low fat diet ......

Re: Pancreatitis?

Graham Bilbrough — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:26:27 GMT

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I didn't know that. Is it dose-related? I ask because the OP says the owner fiddled with the doses... wondering if it's likely to happen with correct dosage.

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I don’t believe that detail is known yet. Perhaps one of the learned neurologists or internal medics will be able to share their experience.

Re: Pancreatitis?

Lorna McHardy — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:52:08 GMT

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I suspect you know this already, but I wasn't sure: KBr is said to be associated with an increased risk of pancreatitis.

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I didn't know that. Is it dose-related? I ask because the OP says the owner fiddled with the doses... wondering if it's likely to happen with correct dosage.

Re: Pancreatitis?

Kathryn Burton — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:58:03 GMT

Thanks. She's gone for referral so I'll be interested to hear what they find with the dog!

Re: Pancreatitis?

Graham Bilbrough — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:39:07 GMT

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I suspect you know this already, but I wasn't sure: KBr is said to be associated with an increased risk of pancreatitis. Obviously, that does not give you a diagnosis.

In my experience, after cessation of the pancreatitis (to be more exact, the noxious stimulus is removed), the concentration of cPL falls by approximately half in 24 hours.

Good luck with the case.