> They have been restricted from nothing - eat normal food (along with a > barage > of meds :o), run, play, jump and terrorize puppies - life as normal. Right > now Dr Gordon is the only cardiologist in the US who can scribe the > medicine >
Hi Barb, Interested in your post regarding Pimobendin. 18 months ago, Pimobendin is what my vet and I decided to put La Fraise on in her 12th year to help with her cardiac problems. She had seemed to go down hill on the other Beta blockers and her frusemide doses had reached their limits of capabilities. My vet told me about a vet friend of his who had used Pimobendin on a Retriever with very good results but neither he, nor his friend had much information on it apart from this new generation beta blocker works in a different way to the older ones. As we were in a "nothing to loose" situation, we gave it a go. I can confirm that it certainly did make a difference to her life. She too was more like her old self and although she wasn't coughing badly before she started on the Pimobendin, the cough certainly abaited during her time on this medication. We were not able to try it for long because she went into liver and kidney failure about 4 months after starting the treatment and sadly we had to have her put to sleep. How long she would have remained well for or whether indeed the liver & kidney failure was the "trade off" for using the other drugs, we will never know but she certainly was different for that short period of time. Best Ellie ========================================================= "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.
