One of our oldsters has had an ongoing chronic diarrhea problem for close to a year. We tried everything from flagyl and amoxi to pepto and even pred for inflammation. The diarrhea would come and go but just recently it was more coming than going and he also began losing weight. This warranted a trip to our great shelter Dr. Thomazin in Bellevue, and problem was solved. He suspected colitis based on his history of symptoms and treatment and prescribed Albon - which I had only given to our foster cats for coccidia. Apparently, Albon is a sulfa drug, and sulfa drugs such as Asacol is used in humans for colitis. Albon is also said to be very safe. Within 2 days, Jonathan's diarrhea had completely cleared up. Our course of treatment is to administer for 5-7 days AFTER he has consistently formed stools. He has now been diarrhea free for almost a week and has felt better than he has in months. [Posted in FML issue 4829]