Why is my cat having diarrhea after lowering prednisolone dose?

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Can lowering the dosage of prednisolone cause diarrhea in cats? Pet's info: Cat | Korat | Male | neutered | 13 years and 4 months old | 9.6 lbs

Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA · Accepted Answer

Hi there. If Beau is on prednisolone to treat a chronic GI issue such as inflammatory bowel disease or something similar, then yes - lowering his dosage could certainly cause diarrhea or other symptoms to recur. If he was on it for something unrelated to this, then I would not expect decreasing his dosage to cause diarrhea "out of the blue" - so in that case, it's likely that there is some other cause.

Why is my cat having diarrhea after lowering prednisolone dose?

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