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ADVERSE EFFECTS from pet products Forum
This Forum is for the sole benefit of bringing to the public's attention adverse effects experienced by our pets from products considered 'safe' - and that can include anything from microchipping to flea sprays.
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beatrice
Aug 12, 03 - 7:22 PM |
macatory myositis in dog
[:-| i have a four year old golden retriever who contacted myositis ater having a lump removed last dec. and now got it back again after having her yearly shots and staring her monthly heartworm. she takes interceptor 1 a mo tab. i think there is a link between these things that everytime her immune systum has to respond the last couple of times this has happened. they treat it with predisone that i'm not fond of at all but my dogs jaw locks and is very painfull for her and predisone askes quikly with relief for her. if anyone has a dog that has had myositis please contact me. thank yu |
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Christine
Aug 13th, 2003 - 12:22 AM |
macatory myositis in dog
Hi Beatrice I'm always saddened when I read stories such as yours, it just makes my blood boil. Have you thought of becoming a member of either of the following Yahoo lists, because the knowledge they have on matters pertaining to the welfare of our companions are far far superior to anything vets recommend. K9 Health Concern (run by Catherine O'Driscoll) Truth About Vaccinations (run by Magda Aquila) Classical Homeopathy Pets (run by Magda Aquila) Rawfeeding group (USA) or BritBarf (UK) |
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Ginger
Aug 13th, 2003 - 12:38 AM |
Macatory myositis in dog
http://www.citadeltm.com/Heartworm.html I don't like the sound of what your dog is going through at the moment. The above link will provide you with useful info on Heartworm and if there is anyway you can stop using predisnone then so much the better. I've no wish to provide my email address but if you want any more info on heartworm or predisnone just reply to this message and I shall be notified. |
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Ginny
Aug 13th, 2003 - 6:45 AM |
macatory myositis in dog
Ginny gave me permission to quote this on the message board in response to your problem with your dog. I know it's suffering from myositis, but the info on Heartworm is of extreme importance. In the Nature of Animal Healing by Martin Goldstein, DVM, he explains about heartworm "To judge by your local veterinarian's stern insistence on regular heartworm pills for your dog, you'd think we're in the midst of a brutal epidemic, leaving piles of the dead in its wake. I think there's an epidemic, too, but of a different sort: of disease-causing toxicity instilled in our pets by heartworm preventable pills. Granted, heartworm is a serious condition. An infected mosquito bites your dog (cats are rarely affected), injecting microscopic worms that first hibernate, then gain access to his bloodstream. A few caveats are in order, however. Only a small percentage of dogs who get heartworm die of it, especially if they're routinely tested twice a year for early detection. Even in untreated dogs, after a period of uncomfortable symptoms, the adult worms die. The microfilaria do NOT grow into adult worms on their own To reach the next stage in their life cycle, they have to be sucked back out of the body by another mosquito and go through the other stages of their maturation process within the mosquito. Only when that mosquito alights again on a dog and bites it can the microfilaria reenter the bloodstream with the ability to grow into adults. The chances of a microfilaria-infected mosquito biting your dog the first time are slim. Of it hapening to the same dog twice? VERY slim. And after two decades of pervasive administration of heartworm pills in the U.S., the chances of your dog contracting heartworm in most parts of this country even a first time are slimmer still. Early in my career, I saw and treated cases of heartworm disease, most with routine medication, yet witnessed only three deaths (the last was in 1979). By comparison, we're seeing cancer kill dogs on a daily basis. To my mind, the likelihood that toxicity from heartworm pills is contributing to the tremendous amount of immune suppression now occurring, especially in cases of liver disease and cancer, is far greater and more immediate than the threat of the disease they're meant to prevent. The most common form of heartworm prevention is a monthly pill taken just before and during mosquito season. (Many veterinarians recommend giving it year-round, even in areas of the country that experience winter.) Its toxins -- ivermectin, for example - sweep through the body killing any microfilaria that have been introduced by mosquito bites in the previous month, and thus preventing the growth of adult worms. Some brands also contain other toxins to kill intestinal parasites. The other approach to treatment is with a daily dose of the drug diethylcarbamazine, starting several weeks before mosquito season The drugs called for in either course of treatment are, simply put, poisons. Unfortunately, while they kill off microfilaria, they have the toxic effects of poisons, and can be especially damaging to the liver. When the daily preventatives came out, I witnessed evidence of hemorrhaging in the urine of several dogs put on them. We stopped the medication; the bleeding stopped. We started it up again; the bleeding resumed. (He goes on about places like Florida and the Bahamas where incidents of heartworm is higher, to use preventives like Black Walnut and homeopathy. Further, treatment for heartworm includes a heart glandular, vitamin E, CoQ10 and regular doses (small) of black walnut. ) ". I hope this helps a bit. |
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Christine
Aug 13th, 2003 - 10:23 PM |
Macatory myositis in dog
I have loads of information on heartworm. If you need to know more, just let me know. Thank you. |
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