One of the brand names for the tabs that contain green mussel here in the states is: Glycoflex. I think several products contain pretty much the same ingredient. Myra Savant
>From: Annette Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Fw: Ben - update >Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:33:50 -0000 > >Barb >When I spoke to him I suggested that he should visit his local Health Food >shop and rather than go down the road of using steroids to look for some >Green Mussel tablets (Can't remember the proper name! I'd had them in so >long they were well past their sell by date!) My old girl went off her back >legs at the beginning of the year in a similar way to the way his dog was >doing >The vet wanted to X-ray etc but I refused to let him - I felt it was only >out of interest and not that he intended to do something. He gave me some >steroids which again I didn't use as she has a grade 1 murmur. I put her >onto the Green Mussel tablets and within the week her mobility was almost >back to normal. She is plodding around now not having anything in the way >of >medication (really must get some more tablets incase it happens again!!) > >Annette >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Barb Hoorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 2:40 PM >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Fw: Ben - update > > > > My only concern in all this treatment is that with a grade IV heart >murmur > > and the heavy amounts of steroids - they could do his heart in VERY >easily. > > This happened with a friends Cavalier in the last month. I would think >if >the > > vets feel that it could be the immune system that they are being > > counterproductive by breaking the immune system down with the huge >amounts >of > > steroids. Personally if I had seen no improvement the traditional way >and > > there was a chance was immune related - I would seek out a homepathic >vet. > > > > Barb Hoorman > > Benchmark Cavaliers - TX > > > > ========================================================= > > "Magic Commands": > > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > > to start it up gain click here: > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
