Phytopica been discontinued

Re: Phytopica been discontinued

levsha — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:14:33 GMT

That is very good to know.

Thank you!

Re: Phytopica been discontinued

Katie Newport — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:41:55 GMT

my dog has been on Atopica for atopy since she was 3years old she is now 12 and i have never had a problem or any side effects- i do play about with the dose a little willgive every 2-3 days and up to every day if she is having a flare up! i even stop it in winter as needed. i do regular blood biochem every year and urine diptiscks now and again but all ok.

Re: Phytopica been discontinued

Elerrina — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:15:19 GMT

We use a lot of atopica in our practice, and clients love it. No one has ever complained about side effects and it has done wonders on dogs skin conditions that were previously hard to control

Re: Phytopica been discontinued

Mark Hedberg — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:58:54 GMT

Well, if you have severe inflammatory issues, cyclosporin has it's place. I do agree that other medications should be tried first. "Chemotherapy" has a bit of a bad rap due to the severe side effects that early generation chemotherapy drugs had on humans. Fortunately, modern drugs have much smaller side effects and are very safe in animals. Some even have an effect on other illnesses. So if you've got an 11 year old dog and nothing else is stopping his atopy, why not give him a quality of life?

That said, before you go to cyclosporin, try fish oil or Essential fatty acids - yumove is one brand, i've had one owner who swears by Boots fish oil! The active ingredients you want are EPA and DHA, and you should have at least 250mg of both in the dosage. (Capsule or spoonful, depends on what brand or company.)

Other brands are of course available, I believe there was a topic on vetnurse.co.uk earlier about the best fish oil supplement for skin issues.

Good luck!

Re: Phytopica been discontinued

levsha — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:37:13 GMT

Did he recommend any alternatives?
Our vet recommends atopica, but I've read about it, and it turns out that atopica's other name is cyclosporin, which is a medication used for chemotherapy. No one I'm doing it to my 11 year old dog...

Re: Phytopica been discontinued

Claire Cameron — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:15:53 GMT

I had a meeting with MSD on Tuesday and he was saying Phytopica has been discontinued and will not come back into production

Re: Phytopica been discontinued

levsha — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:04:07 GMT

Hi!
Have you found out why they discontinued it?
Is it still possible to buy it somewhere?
Is there any alternative to Phytopica?

Thank you!

Re: Phytopica been discontinued

Sarah Southworth RVN CertVNECC — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:54:02 GMT

neither was i, you would at least think they would send a letter through suppiler.

Re: Phytopica been discontinued

Sarah Southworth RVN CertVNECC — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:51:50 GMT

Thanks, had no idea they were stopping it. I knew they stopped the smaller sachets, so i ordered the bigger ones and used those. Tried to order through nvs, and its no longer available . NVS have given me the number of Schering Plough, will contact them on monday and see what they say

Re: Phytopica been discontinued

Susan Jackson — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:21:18 GMT

I didn't have a clue what this is, I just had a look on the internet. The main ingredients are:

Phytopica is a three plant extract containing:
* Rehmannia glutinosa - helps maintain a healthy immune system
* Paeonia lactiflora - supports normal white cell function
* Glycyrrhiza uralensis - is a powerful anti-oxidant and increases the absorption of the other two components

Apparently these are chinese remidies, why don't you speak to someone who does herbal remedies (Vet) see what they say.

Other thing maybe to look at some of the prescription dies RCW skin I think is based on this type of thing plus the anti-oxidents. Hope this helps?

Re: Phytopica been discontinued

Deemus — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:59:27 GMT

Oh no! My boy's on it too. I wasn't aware that it's been discontinued.

Did you try to order it from a wholesaler? It might be worth ordering from an internet pharmacy (yes, I know, a heathen!) Just to let you know, when I looked into it, they were asking for a prescription for it.

Might be worth a go if they have any stocks hanging about?