Dr. Lera Clone presents Cheezdoodle, a 10-year-old cat with kidney failure and anemia, treated with Epigen twice weekly to boost red blood cell production. Labs are now normal, and the goal is tapering to the lowest dose that keeps him stable.
10-year-old male (neutered)
Domestic shorthair (cat)
Kidney failure (with associated anemia)
Epigen (erythropoiesis-stimulating agent)
Twice a week
Hey, guys, My name is Dr. Lehrer here at Heron Lakes Animal Hospital, and today I'm here with Cheezdoodle. Cheezdoodle is a 10 year old male neutered domestic shorthair cat. And Cheezdoodle is coming in for Epigen. Epigen is the synthetic chemical which or synthetic version of the chemical that your body makes to stimulate itself to make more red blood cells. Cheez Doodle is in kidney failure. And so with kidney failure, one of the many things that can happen is you can become anemic and he is or was anemic when he was not on this medication. He is currently getting this medication twice a week. His values are in the normal range and he is doing great. The hope is that we will go ahead and reduce the frequency of how often he is getting the medication to the point where he comes in less frequently. At the end of the day, as doctors, what we want to do is we want to have the patients on the lowest dosage of the medicine that is still effective. It's something that if you guys can swing it, definitely do it for your patients that are in kidney failure because it is something that can help them feel better and help provide a better quality of life. If you guys have any questions about that and the multitude of other things that are associated with kidney failure, please let me know in the questions section. If you like this video, please give us a thumbs up. Subscribe and share with your friends. Thanks for watching and have a great day.
