Dear Barb: What great news! At the very very least, you have given quality of life back to your cavaliers that they would not have otherwise enjoyed. I had often wondered how you were making out after you initially contacted me for info.
Just as an FYI, Sonja Gordon is a cardiologist who trained at Guelph University here in Ontario and was a student of our Dr. Mike O'Grady. She is part of our "brain drain". Our loss and definitely your gain. Also as an FYI, Guelph University is well into a Pimobendan study (all breeds). It is the intension of our National Club's MVD study to incorporate our own drug trial using this drug, but that hasn't been put into action yet. Currently we only have a Phase I and Phase III approach to studying/treating MVD. Phase I is to identify and track MVD in an individual. Once the individual requires medication it is removed from the Phase I portion of the study. Phase III really is the end part of the study as it currently takes in dogs who are into CHF and requiring medication. Our Phase II study will likely be designed to see if this drug is able to delay progression and will be given to individuals who are not in heart failure but do have a particular level of MVD heart murmur and a certain age level (parameters yet to be set), but that is only my current understanding of what the intent will be. Thanks for sharing your experience!! Pat Barrington - Barrington Cavaliers (Southern Ontario-Canada) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================= "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 2002 by its original author.
