Nicki
Moderator
In a recent post on one of the Yahoo boards, Jill Scandrolli mentioned about Duralactin asking if anyone had tried it for SM?
I didn't spot any responses to her post, but it did steer me torwards trying it for Teddy {moderate/severe SM, progressing as per repeat MRI but *fairly* slowly} - he has been quite bad again recently following a really good year. He has not had surgery. and has a 3 year history of symptoms.
My vet very kindly researched it for me, Duralactin is only available to vets in the US, but is not "authorised". Due to this DEFRA can't issue us with the Special Treatment Certificate required to import it.
Instead I decided to research the active ingredient, Micro Lactin, and found that this is widely availabe in the UK and is used in the treatment of arthritis! It's made from a milk protein and is used as an anti inflammatory.
We have managed to obtain this instead and are now trying it for Teddy.
I just wondered if anyone else had tried it?
It's a bit fiddly as they are huge tablets without a break line and Teddy needs 1/2 a tablet twice daily. We are crushing them to a powder, and tried sprinklng it on his food but he didn't like the taste. Now I'm mixing it with a spoonful of Cruzy's "slops" - special homemade diet for Pancreatic Insuffciency which Teddy loves! {It's made of semolina, cottage cheese and boiled egg with various supplements, but the dogs all love it!}
I didn't spot any responses to her post, but it did steer me torwards trying it for Teddy {moderate/severe SM, progressing as per repeat MRI but *fairly* slowly} - he has been quite bad again recently following a really good year. He has not had surgery. and has a 3 year history of symptoms.
My vet very kindly researched it for me, Duralactin is only available to vets in the US, but is not "authorised". Due to this DEFRA can't issue us with the Special Treatment Certificate required to import it.
Instead I decided to research the active ingredient, Micro Lactin, and found that this is widely availabe in the UK and is used in the treatment of arthritis! It's made from a milk protein and is used as an anti inflammatory.
We have managed to obtain this instead and are now trying it for Teddy.
I just wondered if anyone else had tried it?
It's a bit fiddly as they are huge tablets without a break line and Teddy needs 1/2 a tablet twice daily. We are crushing them to a powder, and tried sprinklng it on his food but he didn't like the taste. Now I'm mixing it with a spoonful of Cruzy's "slops" - special homemade diet for Pancreatic Insuffciency which Teddy loves! {It's made of semolina, cottage cheese and boiled egg with various supplements, but the dogs all love it!}