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Anyone have a dog with Cushings disease?
Did you decide to treat it? How did the treatment go?
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Re: Anyone have a dog with Cushings disease?
My dog Tillie had Cushings for 4 years (and then went into remission). I'm not sure I understand the decision to treat or not treat. This was a few years ago, so I'm not sure if any protocols have changed.
We treated Tillie and she responded very well to meds. The medication she was on was Trilostane and it had very few side effects. You do need a vet experienced in Cushings otherwise it can be quite a ride. She also took Prilosec to help settle her tummy.
There are dx bloodwork that is done at the onset and then is done periodically to ensure she was in check. The blood work (ACTH Stim test) was not cheap, but it was essential.
If your vet is not experienced in Cushings, find one who is. We went to a local internal med specialist, but then converted back to our regular vet once she was stable.
Usual Lurker here. My doxie had Cushing's. As I recall, there are two types--primary and secondary. My guy had the kind that (I think) is caused by a tumor on the pituitary gland. Doxies, and beagles, and some of the other hounds tend to be a bit more prone to Cushings. The average lifespan after diagnosis used to be three years, but I believe it's gone up a bit since then. Unfortunately, at the three year mark, my boy developed insulin dependant diabetes (thereby making a full circle of endocrinology conditions) and the two diseases do not do well together.
Anyway, with good management and a vet (as pp suggested) who is experienced with a cushenoid dog, there should be a good prognosis.