I had a dog with Cushing's. sm
Posted By: GLF on 2007-05-02
In Reply to: Does anyone have a dog who has Cushing's disease? sm - luvmyboys
My Siberian Husky, Alexx, who was almost 16 years old when we finally had to put her to sleep a few months ago (not because of the Cushing's - basically it was just time to let her go, much as I hated to.)
She was diagnosed with Cushing's and was on medication for it and doing very well in that regard for several years before she died. It is manageable.
Once Alexx was on the med for Cushing's, her symptoms of always being ravenously hungry, always thirsty, having a bit of a "pot-bellied" appearance (even though she wasn't overweight), dry skin, and her coat being dry, dull and faded looking (no hair loss though, except a little at the tip of her tail) all went away. She looked and felt so much better. Her coat went back to being soft, shiny, and gorgeous, and the fur on her tail grew back in (no more "rat tail" as my vet jokingly called it. ;o)
I decided to go with a med called Vetoryl (aka trilostane or modrenal), which is not available here in the U.S. yet. You have to order it from England, of all places. It's not cheap, but I don't think any of the meds for Cushing's really are. I decided on the Vetoryl because it's not a "chemo" like med like Lysodren which is what's often used for Cushing's.
I didn't like the possible serious side effects with Lysodren. Vetoryl sounded safer to me, so that's why I decided on it (with my vet's input - my vet is the one who told me how to order the Vetoryl) and it worked well for Alexx. Occasionally I would order it and it would get hung up in customs and be delayed. There's nothing you can do about that, so you want to order it well ahead of time if you go that route.
If you go to Google and type in "canine Cushing's" you'll find a lot of info. on it. I think this is a really good site: http://www.kateconnick.com/library/cushingsdisease.html
Good luck to your parents and their doxie. They're such cute dogs.
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