We are asked many, many questions about the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic diseases in the dog, specifically, those dealing with the digestion and absorption of nutrients. Such diseases are termed pancreatic insufficiency, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and maldigestion syndrome. The pancreas has many glandular functions, some obvious and well known and others that are obscure and not understood at all.
I have been on Uceris almost two weeks now. I was prepared to start azathioprine when Uceris became available so my GI wanted to try it out first. When I started Uceris, my GI had me do a rapid pred taper so that I would only be on both of them for about 5 days. I haven't noticed any improvement on Uceris.
Four to six months is a common time that many babies start to extend out their naps, either on their own, or with some form of sleep training. So this is a good time to try out CIO for short naps either for the first time, or again if the first time didn't work.