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.
1 Treatment. 2  Unfortunately, there is no approved drug therapy for heartworm infection in cats, and the drug used to treat infections in dogs is not safe for cats. 3  Nevertheless, cats with heartworm disease can often be helped with good veterinary care. Diagnosis. 2  While infected dogs may have 30 or more worms in their heart and lungs, cats usually have 6 or fewerâand may have just one or two. 3  But while the severity of heartworm disease in dogs is related to the number of worm, in cats, just one or two worms can make a cat very ill.