One setback that we have had is that Stella developed a urinary tract infection two weeks ago, and broke her house training. She hasn't had a UTI before. We don't have a clear explanation for the origin of the UTI. The Clomicalm can cause urinary retention, and if Stella is not able to empty her bladder when she goes outside, this might be the cause of the infection. She has also been on huperzine, which causes increased urinary output. So she is experiencing what might be called "urinary contradiction" . . . In any case, it's not clear whether the infection is coincidental or caused by the Clomicalm. And it's not clear what role the huperzine is playing here.
My own hypothesis is that the huperzine is playing a role here. She was still on the antibiotics when I increased her huperzine, and she started having accidents again. I took her off the huperzine, and the accidents stopped. Dr. Dodman's office would like me to put her back on the huperzine after the infection clears. I think, though, that it would be better to leave her off the huperzine for a month or so, to see if the infection recurs on the Clomicalm alone. Otherwise, I will not be able to separate any future accidents from the huperzine effect or the clomicalm effect.
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