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Prednisolone
Prednisolone is a corticosteroid used as a key oral chemotherapy medication for low-grade intestinal lymphoma in cats. It is paired with chlorambucil in the standard treatment protocol. The same combination is used for severe inflammatory-bowel-disease, reflecting the clinical overlap between these two conditions.
Key Facts
- Oral medication (pill form)
- Part of the standard low-grade intestinal lymphoma protocol
- Also used for severe IBD treatment
- Many owners opt to begin treatment based on ultrasound findings without biopsy, given the expense of more invasive diagnostics
- Species: cats primarily
ความเชื่อมโยง (13)
โรคที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Feline Infectious Peritonitisโรค
— palliative care when antivirals unavailable
Gingivostomatitisโรค
Steroid used for inflammation control
Hypercalcemiaโรค
Can lower calcium but masks lymphoma diagnosis
Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemiaโรค
— immune suppression treatment
Immune Mediated Thrombocytopeniaโรค
— immune suppression treatment
Inflammatory Bowel Diseaseโรค
Used in both IBD and lymphoma treatment.
Lymphomaโรค
Key oral medication for low-grade intestinal lymphoma.
Plasma Cell Pododermatitisโรค
— alternative treatment