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font-family:Arial'>Hi Sandy & Daisy…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have a rescued male basset, Tracker, who is between 9 and
10 years old who has had Cushing’s for the past two years. It sounds
like Daisy is exhibiting all the symptoms that Tracker experienced before we
finally got his diagnosis. Today, he is doing pretty good; but he has a
tendency to swing high and low on his tests. He was checked for pitutary tumors
and adrenal gland production and his Cushings is caused by his adrenal glands. He
was put through the induction phase which slows or stops the production of
adrenaline and this entailed putting him on Lysodrene (the medication humans
also use for Cushings). He had been on a maintenance program for the last year
and has been tested about every three months. But even with that close of
check, my vet doesn’t know why he fell completely back to square one
about two months ago. So, we went through the induction phase again. And he
started the Lysodrene again this past Friday. My vet has only dealt with one
other case of Cushings and that dog lined out very well on the maintenance
program. So, I think a lot depends on the dog. It has been very expensive
(the Lysodrene is high $$), but of course, our bassets are worth every penny.
Good luck with Daisy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Pat Walzel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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