URGENT!!! Thickened Urethra wall....

[2BullyMama]

Stella has been going to this vet since she was a puppy...I'm trusting them as I know nothing about these meds. Y'all are helping me out tremendously...thank you so much! As of now, she is just on the Piroxicam until she sees them for her next ultrasound. I give her all of these Meds with her food.


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Continued prayers fir sweet Stella


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[Dollys Owner]

I hope Stella doesn't have a tumour, but if she does, the dose of piroxicam should be 0.15 mg/pound X 45 pounds = 6.75 mg daily. How come vet is only giving 3 mg daily ? The dose of piroxicam as an anti inflammatory ( not for cancer ) is 0.15 mg/pound every 2 days,which would be 6.75 mg every 2 days. so it seems like vet is basically doing a modified version of anti inflammatory dose, doing 3 mg daily instead of 6.75 mg every 2 days.

Stella has been going to this vet since she was a puppy...I'm trusting them as I know nothing about these meds. Y'all are helping me out tremendously...thank you so much! As of now, she is just on the Piroxicam until she sees them for her next ultrasound. I give her all of these Meds with her food.


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[Lalaloopsie]

I hope Stella doesn't have a tumour, but if she does, the dose of piroxicam should be 0.15 mg/pound X 45 pounds = 6.75 mg daily. How come vet is only giving 3 mg daily ? The dose of piroxicam as an anti inflammatory ( not for cancer ) is 0.15 mg/pound every 2 days,which would be 6.75 mg every 2 days. so it seems like vet is basically doing a modified version of anti inflammatory dose, doing 3 mg daily instead of 6.75 mg every 2 days.

I think they took into account her anamnesis of frequent UTI lately and tend to think that it is most likely caused by inflammation, not tumour. This is what I thought first.

 

[Bhaverstock1]

Right now they are treating the inflammation. They said if it is a tumor then it will treat both?!


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[Dollys Owner]

I think they are going to do an ultrasound to see if it got worse. I'm not sure if that is a good way to diagnose cancer. I read that there is a blood test called a V-BTA test that is used to screen for transitional cell carcinoma in dogs. The test is only useful if your dog does not have cancer. If the test result is negative, one can be fairly confident that transitional cell carcinoma is not present. If the test is positive, cancer may be present, or the positive test could be due to other disease conditions. The definitive test is to get a tissue specimen for histopathologic investigation.

If it's cancer they should be using a higher dose of piroxicam, plus I'm sure you want to know whether it is cancer or not.

Right now they are treating the inflammation. They said if it is a tumor then it will treat both?!


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