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General background - I have a fourteen and a half year old cat who's in failing health. I love him dearly, don't want to say goodbye to him, but much more strongly want to keep him comfortable and happy (even if it shortens his life - I'm going for quality rather than quantity).
He's diabetic and I've only had moderate success in controlling his blood glucose, has elevated liver enzymes and a high likelihood of inflammatory bowel disease (although I'm not willing to have him 'scoped to confirm the diagnosis).
The symptoms of IBD in cats can include diarrhea/soft stools and a tendency to deposit them outside the litterbox, both of which are happening now. The cat has also lost a lot of weight between the diabetes and not digesting his food properly, and spends a fair amount of time wandering around the apartment making unhappy noises (although it doesn't sound like he's in big pain).
The vet recommended a course of Flagyl for the IBD, and it didn't seem to do much... am feeding him a sulfa-based antibiotic now for the same reason and the first week doesn't seem to have made any difference.
I just spent two days playing phone tag with the vet trying to talk to her about medication for pain control - I want to see if that takes care of the unhappy noises. Instead, she recommended Elavil, which is usually used for behavior modification and bladder disease... It has mild anti-inflammatory properties and sedative qualities, but does nothing for pain control.
This doesn't seem like the most appropriate course of action to me....
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