Hepatic neutracuticals?

Re: Hepatic neutracuticals?

Kerry Spain — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:20:25 GMT

I've used Hepatosyl and Samylin with sucess, can you not persude the owners to feed a Hepatic diet? I'm wondering if the cost of ordinary food + cost of meds isn't going to be the same as one prescription diet? You'd need to work it out but worth looking into.

Re: Hepatic neutracuticals?

Steph Worsley — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:39:37 GMT

there are 3 main products on the market that contain SAMe and Milk Thistle (or the silybin part of it) they are: samylin, hepatosyl and denamarin, personally would go for denamarin as should be given on an empty stomach approx 1 to 2 hours prior to feeding for the SAMe and Milk thistle to work properly the other preps require mixing with food and this changes the efficacy of it.

could it be a cholangio-hepatitis, have you tried her on a course of ab's? ideally in this case you would get a bile aspirate for culture to see if it is a bacterial cause, but pros worth sticking her on some just in case.

could be worth changing diet to a more hepatic friendly diet (not sure what she is being fed at the moment) not nec a true hepatic diet just one that has the correct protiens in

Re: Hepatic neutracuticals?

Fiona Leathers — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:39:14 GMT

I have used Denamarin, Doxion & Zentonil in my dog. Haven't tried Hepatosyl (?)

Denamarin - you can get chewable & tablet form - my dog didn't eat the chewable but takes the tablets no problem. Her liver enzymes were back within normal limits within a week, after being on Zentonil. Like this a lot!!

Zentonil is supposed to be palatable but she won't take it, we had to fight every night to get it down her & in fact her liver enzymes went up on it.

The Doxion was fine but more expensive.

Denamarin is supposed to be a better drug becuase of stability or something like it but thats what the company says and I always think you have to go with what your dog likes.