Dr. Williams: I would be interested to know what meds you normally prescribe for ECE. I understand that the meds are given prophylactically (except for the pred) since ECE is a virus. Right now, I have two suffering from it. I luckily caught it very early and haven't had the really severe symptoms others experience, such as refusal to eat. Mine have lost weight but their appetites remain good. I am giving them soup twice a day, both for weight gain and to hide their meds. I am putting additional Pedialyte into their soup to guard against dehydration though we haven't had that problem either. My two are taking 1/2ml SMZ/TMP (compounded; don't have the bottle in front of me to give the strength) twice a day, 1/2ml Metranidazole twice a day, and 1ml of Kaopectate twice a day. The SMZ/TMP was added after we settled on a definite diagnosis of ECE. From your post, it sounds like we should put them back on pred. Cedes was on it initially but was taken off after the ECE diagnosis (about a week ago). He was given the pred initially in an attempt to make a diagnosis. He has been suffering for about 3 weeks now. His stools are now brown, not very well formed, and very seedy. I feel like a med change may be in order. Lany has had symptoms for about 1 week so hasn't been on the meds nearly as long. She still has some days with the green, mucousy diarrhea. Others are more like Cedes. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. And, on another subject, I fully agree with Susann that people should not be allowed to publicly slander someone else anonymously. Either reveal your identity or don't post. If you're concerned about being sued for slander, perhaps you should rethink posting. If you can't fully stand behind your accusations, don't make them publicly. If things are as bad as you claim, send the authorities in. Most people don't take anonymous accusations very seriously but it can do a great deal of harm when a few believe the accusations. Katharine [Posted in FML issue 3224]