The management of over-correction of hyponatremia is similar to the general approach to hyponatremia: 1  Defend the intravascular volume. 2  Prevent the sodium from increasing any further Fluid restriction: make the patient NPO and stop IV fluids. 3  Consult Nephrology.
Step Two: Treating the Disease. Once your dog has completed the course of steroids, heartworm preventive and antibiotics, he should be ready to start the actual adult heartworm treatment. The treatment for heartworm disease takes at least 60 days to complete and consists of a series of drug injections that kills the worms. There is only one drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to kill adult heartworms in dogs, an organic arsenical compound that is injected into the dog's lumbar, or back, muscles.
the treatment that is used in dogs with a high rate of success is ineffective in the cat when a cat gets heartworm there are often no symptoms until the cat dies the worms will get into the lungs heart and nerves system when a worm dies it will often cause sudden death there is only one way to stop heartworm in cats and that is to use a preventative like heartgard for cats