Always
give cyclosporine modified 2 hours before or 2 hours after a meal.
Give cyclosporine modified exactly as directed by your veterinarian.
Continue
giving cyclosporine modified and talk to your veterinarian if your pet develops vomiting, soft stools or diarrhea, muscle cramps, muscle weakness, loss of appetite, and change of hair coat.
Not exact matches
Following transplant surgery, Strober's team first
give patients ordinary immunosuppressive drugs, such as
cyclosporine.
Rats in the 9W2 groups were
given daily injections of
cyclosporine (1 mg / 100 g body weight) beginning the day before injury / transplantation through the duration of the experiment.
Tell your veterinarian if your pet is being
given azathioprine, COX 2 inhibitors (Deramaxx or Previcox),
cyclosporine (Atopica), diuretics (furosemide, Salix), beta blockers (atenolol), and other blood pressure medications, insulin, NSAIDS (Rimadyl or Novox), Potassium salts, aspirin (Vetrin), and sulfonamides (SMZ / TMP).
Cyclosporine preparations work best and sometimes only need to be
given once a day.
While Sentinel is safe to use in dogs at risk for MDRI - allele mutation (Australian Shepherds, Collies, Shelties, etc.), unless tested normal, caution is advised if your pet is also being
given amiodarone (Cordarone), azole antifungals such as ketoconazole, carvedilol (Coreg),
cyclosporine (Atopica), diltiazem (Cardizem), erythromycin (Ery - Tabs) or clarithromycin (Biaxin), quinidine, spironolactone (Aldactone), tamoxifen, and verapamil (Calan).
Those infections can go out of control when immunosuppressive medications such as
cyclosporine or corticosteroids are
given.
Before
giving metoclopramide, tell your veterinarian if your pet is being
given an MAOI such as selegiline or Anipryl (within the last 14 days), digoxin,
cyclosporine, tetracycline, insulin, a narcotic pain reliever or anticholinergic or antispasmodic medications such as Bentyl (dicyclomine).
Do not
give to cats that have a history of cancer, feline leukemia or feline immunodeficiency virus or that are sensitive to
cyclosporine.
Cyclosporine is
given two to three times a day.
Before
giving ketoconazole, tell your veterinarian about any medications you are
giving your pet, especially;
cyclosporine (Neoral), methylprednisolone (Medrol), antacids, cimetidine (Tagamet), Nizatidine (Axid), famotidine (pepcid), ranitidine (Zantac), omeprazole (Prilosec), lansoprazole (Prevacid), rabeprazole (Aciphex), digoxin (Lanoxin), warfarin (Coumadin), phenytoin (Dilantin), glipizide (Glucotrol).
With either corticosteroids or
cyclosporine, I like to
give as long a medication - free rest period every few months as the cat can tolerate — don't let perfection be the enemy of significant improvement.
When
given with
cyclosporine, Baytril can increase the risk of kidney damage from the
cyclosporine.