Apollo fought with grace and dignity to the end, My little angel warrior

[jrepac]

this is the diet he has been on since September 2009. All are to help Apollo with his pancreas, and support his immune system,and stomach, and the hair loss. For a while the hair loss did stop and grew some back on his tail, and legs, but stopped . The numbers on his Neutrophils and Lymphocytes did improve. But I know this is not a cure , just a support. this is the website showing the ingredients in the other supplements.
http://www.standardprocess.com/displ...log.spi?ID=336
ingredients in Cushex-all herbs
Dandelion
Burdock (Arctium lappa)
Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceous)
Arsenicum
Hepar sulph
Merc sol
Sulphur
everything else is Chinese herbs. I did show and give copy to IMS and he said not to change anything at this time?
All was done under supervision of my holistic Vet/acupuncture, who finally said get the tests and treatment.

Hi, seems like Apollo is getting well taken care of...the diet is an interesting one...was it recommended by your holistic vet? Re: the Cushex drops, they are meant to help w/the symptoms of Cushings, I'm not sure they do very much to get at the root of it. However, they do contain a variety of herbs that appear to be relevant to the problems experienced, based on what I have read on these homeopathic herbs. I used Cushex for about 6 months, nearly 2yrs ago(?) prior to a firm diagnosis of Cushings..hard to say if they helped or not. I stopped in part because they were expensive (tho' one site sold 3 bottles for the price of 2) and because the dandelion in them actually will make your pup urinate more, not less. The dandelion is meant as a tonic for the liver which is well documented, but it does make 'em pee! I had started treating with anipryl, which seemed to bring some more rapid improvement in symptoms, and then later on added a variety of different supplements, leaving out the Cushex drops, since my Aussie has both cortisol and several other hormones elevated.

Regarding the pricing of trilo, I am sure your vet wants to sell you brand name Vetoryl at full price. If you can get your trilo compounded, you will be better off. Same story w/Anipryl...costs about $80 a month for the brand name to treat a 20lb dog, but generic (selegiline) is only $25/30 a month. You really have to ask around/shop around to get the best price.

and, wonder how your vet has been "treating w/trilo" for years??? it has not been around all that long...only recently approved for use in the US... they are all "experts" until something goes wrong...

good luck!

Jeff