Amlodipine

Hello tony began taking potassium supplements today, tumil- k. Will there likely be side effects? He is currently also on amlodipine and methimazole. Thank you!!

Hi tony is on amlodipine for hi blood pressure and my vet is getting ready to start him on mirtazapine appetite stimulant so he’ll hopefully eat his kidney diet. Can mirtazapine affect his blood pressure? Thx

Took my cat to the emergency vet last night. Spent a lot of money. Daisy has sudden severe hypertension, no primary causes found, all labs normal. The amlodipine has not helped her symptoms. Can I double up on her meds?

Hi! Tony is on methimazole and his most recent labwork Says his thyroid level is 1.8. Is this is a normal level? I ask because he lays by his water bowl a lot but his kidney levels are good but I was told hyperthyroidism can cause extreme thirst...1.8 is not considered hyperthyroidism right? He also takes amlodipine for High blood pressure. Thx!

Hi tony is early renal and had high blood pressure even before that. He’s been on amlodipine for a couple years and we check blood pressure frequently. He doesn’t like kidney diets so he eats a royal Canin aging 12+ senior wet food and I mix in a phosphorus binder but I know this food is higher in sodium than a kidney diet. Will this higher sodium affect his blood pressure significantly?

Hi would a cat who may be in early early stages of kidney disease lay at the water bowl? My cat does do this and he is also on amlodipine&methimazole, but this water bowl behavior began a year ago when he was first diagnosed with hyperthyroidism& high blood pressure, long before I was told he may be in early stages of kidney disease,-we found this out just recently. Thank u!

Cat 1.5 years on Amlodipine 1.25mg 1x/d & Felimazole 2.5mg 2x/d. 6mon not eating, drinking more water & lost weight (4.8kg to 4kg in 3mon), got CBC & vet told me cat has anemia (28) likely CKD but when I asked about kidney function said upper normal (14). I asked for specifics, vet said would forward, instead vet nurse called to book cat for anaesthesia + $1000 aprox ultrasound & refused to release the bloodwork to me. Wanting second opinion, 10-14y/o FIV+ flea eggs found, why ultrasound?

Hello my vet has decided to put tony on a potassium supplement tablet because his labs show a potassium level of 3.1 but all his kidney values are normal. He is already on amlodipine and methimazole for hi blood pressure and hyperthyroidism. My question is, when we check potassium again in 2 weeks, if the potassium supplement raises his potassium level to a normal range , does he remain on the supplement indefinitely? .. or will it take more than 2 weeks to normalize his potassium level? Thx

Hello my cat is 17 years old and sees the vet very often because he has high blood pressure and hyperthyroidism. He is on amlodipine besylate and methimazole. His kidney levels are fine according to my vet but I see him laying at the water bowl a lot especially right after a meal. She says she sees nothing in his bloodwork to explain this water bowl behavior and I'm just wondering if even tho he's being treated for hyperthyroidism could he still feel very thirsty ?

Hi I’d first like to thank you all at PetCoach for all your help and advice! I asked a question earlier about tumil-k for tony and if there would be side effects.? I wanted to clarify that tony does not have kidney disease .. my vet says his potassium level has most likely decreased because he’s been taking amlodipine for hi blood pressure for quite some time(he also takes methimazole). Regardless of why he needs tumil-k , side effects , which I’ve been told are none , would be the same? thx!

Hi happy holiday! hoping to get your opinion.. Trixie takes prednisolone every 24hrs as just one part of her small cell lymphoma treatment. I have it compounded into a liquid b/c she’s hard to pill and even giving the liquid is becoming difficult. Would it be as effective in a transdermal gel for her ear? I ask b/c I once tried a transdermal for my cats amlodipine and it didn’t control his blood pressure good enough.. wondering if it may be the same with the drug pred. thx!

Tonys labs recently show SDMA 13, hi normal, early stages kidney disease. He lays by the water bowl a lot & I know this can be a sign of kidney disease, but he's been doing this since last year when he was diagnosed with hi blood pressure & hyperthyroidism (before he became early stage kidney disease). Would he have been at the h2o so long b4 this kidney diagnosis or even now at this early stage?. Could the other two conditions or the meds for them (amlodipine & methimazole) cause this behavior