I will try to keep this as short as possible, but want to include all possible relevant information...
Back in early October, I came home from work and found a destroyed ibuprofen bottle and pills everywhere. This bottle of ibuprofen had been in the same spot for months, but our lovely Bo decided to knock a few things off the counter to get at it, anyways, we’ve since taken preventative measures. Anyways, it was a 500 pill bottle that we had had for months. We counted the pills and came up with about 350. Not sure if he swallowed any or not. We immediately rushed him to the vet where they induced vomiting (no pills came up) and ran blood work. His blood work all came back great except his ALT liver level, which was up around 1100. The vet had recommended ultrasound/biopsy to determine if it was caused by the ibuprofen or an underlying issue. We got a 2nd opinion and everything came back the same. We went ahead with an ultrasound in middle of October and they informed us the liver was pretty inflamed. Basically active, chronic hepatitis. We were put on a double dose of Prednisone for 2 weeks then a regular dose for 2 weeks. While the double dose was absolutely awful in terms of no bladder control, it appeared to work as his ALT levels were checked again and were down to 330 (normal is 18-121). We were pleased with the progress and vet said we should keep him on it for 2 more weeks. Well, we just got the results back from the blood work done last week, after being off it for 3 weeks, and his level is back up near 1100. She wants to put him back on Prednisone, but keep him on it until the level is where it should be and then he should be able to be off of it as the liver will then be able to repair on its own. We are really dreading the double doses again, but will do what we need to do.
Has as anyone had any experiences like this before? I really wish there was a concrete answer as to if the ibuprofen could have caused this or if it was some sort of underlying condition.
Sorry for for the long post, I just know I have always had great success with this forum! TIA