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    Quote Originally Posted by StarsOfCCTV View Post
    I'm not sure about the other stuff but diabetes will mean he will need a shot of insulin everyday I think.
    Depends if he's type one or two. Type two is more common in older or overweight people (or dogs). Type one needs daily insulin shots, type two is diet controlled, sometimes together with meds.

    I can't see why antibiotics and valium would be prescribed for diabetes. A sure fire way to know if he is diabetic is to test for sugar in the urine.

    Valium is used as an anticonvulsant, among other things. This is from drugs.com

    In animals, Valium appears to act on parts of the limbic system, the thalamus and hypothalamus, and induces calming effects. Valium, unlike chlorpromazine and reserpine, has no demonstrable peripheral autonomic blocking action, nor does it produce extrapyramidal side effects; however, animals treated with Valium do have a transient ataxia at higher doses. Valium was found to have transient cardiovascular depressor effects in dogs.
    Basically it will make him more relaxed but high doses may make him clumsy (ataxia). It can also depress the cardiovascular system (heart), although it will come and go.

    It is important that you give the valium at the same time everyday i.e. every twelve or eight hours, depending on the dose. Seizures are caused by neurones in the brain misfiring (sending too many or sending wrong signals to parts of the brain and body). Valium works on receptors in the brain and neurones to calm them down. Suddenly stopping treatment is like letting a junkie go cold turkey (best analogy I could think of)

    Unless he has an infection that is causing the seizures (would have to be pretty bad or in his brain/spinal cord to do that) then the antibiotics won't stop the seizures.

    High protein levels in the urine are indicative of kidney problems. High protein in the blood can mean a chronic (long term) infection or inflammation.
    Thanks CrazyLea

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