Ursodiol FAQ

should you drink alot of grapefruit juice while taking ursodiol?

My cat is a 16 month old pure breed maine coon male. He is the second male cat, and third cat that we got from the same breeder. The previous male cat had to be put down due to suspected FIP. Our current male cat is now exhibiting the following symptoms:lethargy, some vomitting,mild weight loss,constipation, abnormal liver values (as far as the abnormal values, i'm not sure which ones are abnormal..i think it was low BUN, and some others). On the bright side my cat still has an appetite and eats, drinks and uses the bathroom regularily, he still loves attention, although not as much as he used to. He is now taking Ursodiol, and Denosyl daily and will have is blood rechecked in 4 weeks. I'm trying to convinve myself that its not FIP again, but I am losing hope. Does anyone have any silver lining ideas as to what else he may have? The vet wanted to do further bile testing, and I don't mind except that if my cat is dying I don't want to put him through testing that will eventually have the same prognosis:death, it just seems pointless to me. While I don't want him to die, I also don't see the point of spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars on tests if the end result will be the same. Does anyone have any words of wisdom for me? thanks, andrea

The recommended dose for ursodiol capsule treatment of radiolucent gallbladder stones is 8-10 mg/kg/day given in 2 or 3 divided doses. im trying to find out how many times i gotta take this medicine can someone tell me what the sentence above means? thank you

We got Heartgard for our smooth collie mix a few months back from our vet. Every time after the pill we noticed she was a little lethargic and would not eat for a day or so. we did not think a big deal of it and basically trusted our vet. Two weeks ago our collie started to lose weight, became incontinent ( she's 4.5 years), and just very lethargic, even had a couple of mini-seizures . We took her to a different vet and she told us our girl has acute hepatitis and/or cushings disease. she did a couple of blood tests and a biopsy that came back inconclusive b/c she did not take liver samples big enough. However, she did prescribed Denamarin, Ursodiol and Amoxicilin that seem to be working for her liver enzyme levels. As we were looking for cheaper meds for our dog as the vet said that she might be on all three for the rest of her life we stumbled upon allergic reactions in collies to Heartgard. 1. did you experience this with your collie? 2. how did you treat it? 3. is there any way to detoxify our girl and let her to get back on with her life? Thank you.

My five year old Italian Greyhound, Sable, began acting strangely last weekend. I took her to her vet on Monday, and she was found to have elevated liver enzymes. A bile acids test the next day showed levels twice as high as they should be. I've taken Sable to the vet everyday this week for IV fluids. Even with this, beginning to eat again, eating prescription dog food, and receiving medications (Amoxi, Vit E, Denamarin, Ursodiol and Lactulose) her labs have gotten worse. Does anyone have any further advice? Does this regimen seem appropriate? Any assistance would be much appreciated. This is my little girl! Note: The vets believe this issue was caused by being put on Phenobarbital and eating sugerfree gum with Xylitol.

Ursodiol news

Teva Introduces Ursodiol Tablets USP - PharmaLive.com (press release)

Teva Introduces Ursodiol Tablets USP PharmaLive.com (press release), PA North Wales, Pennsylvania, May 18, 2009 – Teva Pharmaceuticals is pleased to announce the introduction and availability of Ursodiol Tablets USP, 250 mg and 500 mg.