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Anne (Guyton, Georgia) on 06/03/2010

My dog Maggie had a cortisone shot 2 weeks ago! She is 9 yrs. old. She is a Chihuahua! She was in such distress from itching, she had an open would on her back flank, from digging in herself all night! I rushed her to her vet, and he gave her the cortisone shot, after he shaved and cleaned up the area, put neomicin powder on it, which it healed up in about 5 days! He said the shot would last her 4-5 weeks! Well, I was so afraid, because of all the BAD reports I had heard about cortisone! I'm still a little shaky about it, but her itching has stopped, and the only side effects that I see is, she of course wants to eat more, and drinks so much water, and will soil the floor if not taken out a lot more, during the day, and night, and she hides under the dining room table! I don't get that, but when she took predisone pills for her leg, she did the same thing! I don't quite get that, it sort of give her a little behavioral problem, but I hope that will be over soon, as the drug subsides in her after awhile. I haven't seen any other side-effect, thank GOD! I will be glad when it is out of her system. She is well of the itching, and she also had a bad ear infection when she was doing all that scatching. I don't want her to have another one no time soon, but they said her allergies were really bad this year because of the pollen rate, and said next year, It might happen again, I sure hope not! I hope and pray it doesn't. I think the results vary from dog-to-dog.
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Replied By Anne (Guyton, Georgia) on 06/08/2010

A week after my dog Maggie received cortisone, I took her back to the vet, and had a blood profile done on her, to make sure her kidney's, and liver were functioniong good, and the levels were normal. Thank God they were, so far the injection of cortisone hasn't damaged them, but I don't like the shot anyway! Like I said in another e-mail, she is lying under the dining room table, and urinating a lot, and wants to eat, but I can control that, but I let her drink the water, because she can become dehydrated, from the cortisone, if I take up her water! I know the feeling of being thirsty! It will be 3 weeks Sunday, that she had the shot, hopefully it will soon be gone out of her system. Good luck to everyone, and their 4-legged family member!
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Replied By Rainman (Central, Vt, Usa) on 06/10/2010

Get a liver tonic/tinture/elixir formula that contains milk thistle, burdock, and dandelion root. My dog started to have seizures after a cortizone injection... they were caused by an inflation of the liver. Did they do a urinalysis? Does she act like she is hallucinating?

DO NOT let them give her another shot of cortisone again. Change her diet to RAW... I think all of Maggie's issues are stemming from either food or environmental allergies. Could be pollen? Find out what is causing them... look into side effects of vaccination while you are at it. Has she had a vaccination within 3mo. of the allergic reactions? I'm almost positive that is what has been the root cause of all of my dog's allergy issues. Vaccinations are weakening our dogs immume system and in some cases killing them. Be very, very cautious about what medications you give Maggie. She is very fragile right now and needs highly bioavailable and nutritious food for recovery.

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Replied By Anne (Guyton, Georgia) on 06/17/2010

Thank you rainman, for the info. I will be so glad when this shot is out of her system! I don't want her to ever have another one! I have a great vet, and I'm sure he did what he thought was right for her, but at this point, I'm worried, because she does not act herself, she hides under my dining room table all night, and the comes and gets in the bed with me, about daylight! She always used to sleep with me, I want my old dog back to herself, it's like she not here, and I cry a lot because I miss the "ole" maggie! we were inseparable, now we spend less time, because instead of getting on the spfa with me, she goes in the next room, and gets under the table. I just don't get that! She eats good, and of course, she urinates a lot because of the shot, her weakness from the ear infection has gone, but getting under the dinning room table has got me stumped! can someone help? thank you, and GOD BLESS!
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Replied By Rainman (Central, Vt, Usa) on 06/21/2010

Take a look at this information on this website: http://www.drpitcairn.com/talks/looking_at_vaccines.html

Pay close attention to the "Chronic Rabies" information. Sounds like your dog could be suffering some of these and perhaps a combination of other chronic vaccinations symptoms.

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