How do you treat dog cushings disease?

Answer 1

You need to have a Veterinarian check out your dog. If this is what has been diagnosed then the Veterinarian will give you the instructions & mediation needed. If you feel that the Vet has not, then call him or her and ask again. Normally steriods are used.

Answer 2

No, and it would be an extremely bad idea to try to treat Cushing's disease in your dog at home.

Cushing's disease is actually a human condition in which the adrenal glands start to produce too much cortisol to maintain normal body function. Veterinary medicine has borrowed the name to describe the same syndrome in animals, although the mechanisms of disease are different. In animals, Cushing's disease (actually hyperadrenocortisolism) starts from overstimulation of the adrenal glands, either through a primary adrenal tumor or through a pituitary or brain tumor; there are other causes as well, though. Regardless of the starting cause, the adrenal gland starts to produce far too much cortisol, which results in weight gain, increased appetite and thirst, increased urination, predisposition to Diabetes mellitus and difficulty clearing bacterial and viral infections.

Treatment has two options - surgical (to remove the tumor) or medical (drugs to kill off part of the adrenal gland and get the dog's body back into balance). Home remedies can't do this safely - anything you can get that would kill off part of the adrenal gland can potentially kill the entire adrenal gland, and possibly other organs as well. This is treatment best left to your veterinarian for the sake of the dog's health.