Atopica (Cyclosporine) Oral Solution for Cats

My cat has an autoimmune disorder called Sever Non-Regenerative Anemia. This is the medication that helps suppress his immune system so his body can produce red blood cells. This is literally saving his life and has given him a happy and healthy recovery. He has been on the medication for a year now, after being hospitalized for 2 weeks and nearly dying twice. We tried to wean him off this slowly to see how low his dose could go, but he relapsed when it went too low. We immediately upped his dose of Atopica again and he is stable and happy.

My young, long haired cat Nala had tiny bumps, lesions on her stomach and she would just overgroom and they became infected. After several shots of steroids it would help, but we all know steroids are not good for long term use and the bumps always came back. I tried giving her special food with less and broken down protein. That did not work either. My vet recommended Atopica. Within 3 weeks, this med worked. The bumps/lesions disappeared and Nala was calmer and not overgrooming. She is much happier and so am I. No more trips to the vet which we both dreaded.

My mom started giving this to me. The vet said it would help with my sore gums because I have stomatitis. My mom is encouraged by reviews that humans say it has helped their kitties. I only get a teeny amount, but it tastes nasty. Mom tried to hide it in my food & my Churus...but no way I’m too smart for that trick. So now she has to scruff me to take it, but that’s ok. I’ll get back to you in a few weeks & let you know how I’m doing.

As other reviewers have written, this stuff tastes awful! We load the dose into gel capsules that we found online (#3 size) in order to ensure our cat receives the entire dose. We prepare it immediately before administering it. Still a two person job with a pilling device but she keeps it down. It has worked so well. We are in the process of weaning off, hopefully.

It helped when nothing else did and for those who mentioned the awful taste, try adding it to either a wet food they're not allergic to or a protein baby food (Gerber's Chicken and Gravy, etc). My little guy was psyched with the baby food until we discovered he was allergic to all protein. :-/

Atopica really helped our previous cat. She was on steroids for a while and that helped but she began to gain weight. When she reached 12.5 lbs we had to try something different. She became almost lethargic had stopped being playful. Once on Atopica she dropped all the water gain the steroids had caused and now is enjoying life again. The down side is trying to give her this medication is rather difficult. She drools just knowing its coming. We have tried tuna to hide it but nothing hides the flavor of this stuff. Its a two person ordeal to give her a dose. We have to wrap her in a towel upright to administer. I really hope they work to improve the taste.

This has been the only thing that has helped my cat. She was overgrooming to the point of self mutilation. Even the super expensive prescription hypoallergenic food didn't work. The steroid shots worked but that's harmful long term. I hate giving her an oral injection (and sometimes she throws it up), but the results speak for themselves. She's not twitchy anymore. All her hair grew back. She's gained her weight back and she's happy and playful again. We are only dosing her every other day now and she's doing great. I've found that the best way to give it to her with as little resistance as possible is to prep the syringe while she's sleeping and gently give her a surprise injection. Otherwise This has been the only thing that has helped my cat. She was overgrooming to the point of self mutilation. Even the super expensive prescription hypoallergenic food didn't work. The steroid shots worked but that's harmful long term. I hate giving her an oral injection (and sometimes she throws it up), but the results speak for themselves. She's not twitchy anymore. All her hair grew back. She's gained her weight back and she's happy and playful again. We are only dosing her every other day now and she's doing great. I've found that the best way to give it to her with as little resistance as possible is to prep the syringe while she's sleeping and gently give her a surprise injection. Otherwise, it can be traumatic for her (for both of us tbh). … more

I am hoping this helps with my cat's over grooming. It's been going on for a while. I received the medication from Chewy quickly with no problem. My cat, however, hates the taste and it's a lot of work trying to get it in her. Maybe it will get better over time.

My cat is still on the medicine so I can't say if it works, but getting the stopper out of the bottle was messy, plus when I put the insert in for the syringe, it would not draw up the thick liquid. Taking that out caused a huge mess and a lot of waste. Now I put the syringe directly in the bottle, which wastes each time, but at least I am not getting it all over my hands.

Atopica was prescribed by my cat Spenser’s Veterinary Dermatologist as the first step to resolve his constant, frantic scratching from atopic dermatitis. The erosions and hair loss on his head, neck and shoulders were horrific. (see photo). Due to a medication error at my primary veterinarian’s he had to wait 2 months before his allergy skin testing and starting immunotherapy injections. After 2 weeks on Atopica he had gone from 10/10 scratching to 5/10 scratching and by 4 weeks was starting to grow back hair with only occasional scratching.(2nd photo) By 4 months on Atopica and only a month into his immunotherapy induction, he was back to his handsome, scratch free self. ( last photo) He Atopica was prescribed by my cat Spenser’s Veterinary Dermatologist as the first step to resolve his constant, frantic scratching from atopic dermatitis. The erosions and hair loss on his head, neck and shoulders were horrific. (see photo). Due to a medication error at my primary veterinarian’s he had to wait 2 months before his allergy skin testing and starting immunotherapy injections. After 2 weeks on Atopica he had gone from 10/10 scratching to 5/10 scratching and by 4 weeks was starting to grow back hair with only occasional scratching.(2nd photo) By 4 months on Atopica and only a month into his immunotherapy induction, he was back to his handsome, scratch free self. ( last photo) He remains on a small maintenance dose twice weekly until he completes a full year of immunotherapy at which point we will attempt to wean him off Atopica. The relatively small dosing amount, based on weight, is easy to administer orally. It can be mixed in wet food but he noticed the bitter taste and refused to be tricked. It was more accurate to dose directly and follow with a food treat. The only mildly irritating thing was finding the pound dose to ml ratio to calculate how many doses per bottle to allow for timely reordering. It is on the Atopica website: 0.032 ml per 1 # … more