Your dog may also be
given oral corticosteroids to control the itching and decrease the inflammation seen on the skin.
Not exact matches
There is usually a small window between the amount and frequency that
oral corticosteroids like prednisone can be
given to control most of the itching in your pet and the dose at which side effects occur.
Your veterinarian may then have dispensed an
oral corticosteroids or
given a
corticosteroids injection to your pet.
So if topical or
oral corticosteroids are
given to the cat to resolve eosinophilic keratitis, the cat needs to be closely monitored for a herpes - 1 relapse because the same medication has been associated with reactivation of herpes - 1.
So when
oral or injectable
corticosteroids,
given at acceptable doses, fail to promptly improve the problem a biopsy is a wise choice.