full_house Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Hi - first post (although have been lurking for a while) As the title suggests I am looking for anyone who has a dog with discoid lupus (DLE). My German Shorthaired Pointer, Blue (6yo), was diagnosed about 18 months ago and I was hoping that there may be others here so we could perhaps share thoughts about treatment regimes etc. Unfortunately Blue's DLE has only been minimally responsive to treatment thus far. He is currently on a regime of prednisolone, nicotinamide and doxycycline. At the time of diagnosis, we were not told about the condition being exacerbated by UV exposure. Now that we know, we have added more shade to the backyard to minimise his favourite sunbaking spots, and use sunscreen. His nose is very cracked and ulcerated. He is not overly bothered by it, but I worry about him (and he looks terrible)! I also worry about the long term effects of the corticosteroids and anti-biotics. I have done a bit of Dr Googling in recent weeks and happened upon a study of topical tacrilomus treatment which seemed to have amazing results, although the study group was very small, and I plan to discuss this with the vet and ask him to do some more research on it. I'm planning to start him on some Vit E this week, as it seems to help with the scaling and it can't hurt. I've also stumbled across various homeopathic suggestions. I'm willing to give them a try, but would love to know if anyone has had success with them before I whip out the credit card. Hope there's someone out there who is going through this too - would love to share notes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShesaLikeableBiBear Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Panda has had discoid lupus, here is a link to a previous thread. Unfortunately I cannot open the link in that particular thread which I posted which contains some informative information which I received from a Vet at Texas A&M Uni. Perhaps you can pm Troy and ask if he can retrieve it for you. Panda was on prednisone for a short while but as he was a young dog at the time he had it the vet he was under took him off it at my request. What did eventually work was Aristocort, a human cortosteriod cream. http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?show...l=Discoid+Lupus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full_house Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 (edited) Thank you! I did search the forums, but couldn't find anything LOL. ETA - you say that your dog "had" lupus. Does that mean he is in remission now? I would love to get Blue to that point some day! Edited November 12, 2008 by full_house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShesaLikeableBiBear Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Unfortunately the previous thread has been deleted and it would appear that I too have deleted my info Panda was on Nicotinamide and one other drug beginning with 'T", am going back 5 years here. Speak to you vet about the Aristocort cream. We have had no signs for four years. Must say we were worried about him coming to QLD from N.Z. due to the UV but it hasnt been a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full_house Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Wow that's great - gives me some hope! Will defintiely ask about aristocort, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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