bailey007
04-21-2015, 08:54 AM
Hello all,
We are new to this forum but just yesterday received a diagnosis of pituitary dependent Cushing's disease. After a month of the routine testing (full blood panel, urine test for cortisol, a low dose suppression test and the finally the ultrasound) we received what we believe to be a fairly accurate diagnosis and have prepared ourselves for the life long medication that our still fairly young pup is going to need. Luckily, Bailey's other major organs looked great and the only symptom of cushing that is impacting her now is the increased thirst and excessive urination. However, my question to anyone out there with a cushings dog is related to human pregnancy and breast feeding. While with the internal medicine specialist yesterday, she had very strong concerns and warnings about us using any of the typical and most effective currently prescribed medications such as lysodren or trilostane due to them being on the contraindicated list for pregnancy. There are two other medications mentioned but they fall into the unknown category C for pregnancy. I have read several cases where pregnant owners have still used these meds but have either not handled them directly or used gloves when administering and coming into contact with their dogs bodily fluids. Does anyone have any experience or advice related to this? I am currently 6 months pregnant and we spent lots of time trying to conceive which also consisted of several costly IVF rounds. So we certainly don't want to do anything to risk our pregnancy either. It just seems that perhaps the specialist is being too cautious by telling us that I can't even be around Bailey when she is on the medication. She is our "first baby" so the idea of having to send her to live with out of state with family to start the treatment may be possible but not ideal. We plan to speak with our regular vet within the next few days to further discuss these recommendations. In the end, all we really want to do is what is best for Bailey.
We are new to this forum but just yesterday received a diagnosis of pituitary dependent Cushing's disease. After a month of the routine testing (full blood panel, urine test for cortisol, a low dose suppression test and the finally the ultrasound) we received what we believe to be a fairly accurate diagnosis and have prepared ourselves for the life long medication that our still fairly young pup is going to need. Luckily, Bailey's other major organs looked great and the only symptom of cushing that is impacting her now is the increased thirst and excessive urination. However, my question to anyone out there with a cushings dog is related to human pregnancy and breast feeding. While with the internal medicine specialist yesterday, she had very strong concerns and warnings about us using any of the typical and most effective currently prescribed medications such as lysodren or trilostane due to them being on the contraindicated list for pregnancy. There are two other medications mentioned but they fall into the unknown category C for pregnancy. I have read several cases where pregnant owners have still used these meds but have either not handled them directly or used gloves when administering and coming into contact with their dogs bodily fluids. Does anyone have any experience or advice related to this? I am currently 6 months pregnant and we spent lots of time trying to conceive which also consisted of several costly IVF rounds. So we certainly don't want to do anything to risk our pregnancy either. It just seems that perhaps the specialist is being too cautious by telling us that I can't even be around Bailey when she is on the medication. She is our "first baby" so the idea of having to send her to live with out of state with family to start the treatment may be possible but not ideal. We plan to speak with our regular vet within the next few days to further discuss these recommendations. In the end, all we really want to do is what is best for Bailey.