My dog has seizures and my vet says that nothing can be done but i heard that there are medicines. Is there?

Question

My dog has has been having seizures and the vet says there is no medicine that can help him. I heard that there is medicine. Is there?

Answer 1

How often does the dog have seizures? If it is only once a month or less, vets don't give anti seizure meds.
I have a dog that started out having one seizure a yr. By age five, she was having 4 seizures a yr.
I stopped all vaccinations for this dog and by the age of 7, she was only having 2 seizures a yr. She just went 8 months between seizures.
Vaccinations are good for many years and should not be done annually. See the Wisconsin University web link
http://svmweb.vetmed.wisc.edu/articles/68/5/39
Another good site with lots of links is Dr. Rogers
http://www.critteradvocacy.org

Answer 2

Humane euthanasia is an option for this issue no mater what age. Sounds like you and this dog are having a difficult time. If you want to keep trying, ask for a referral to an internal medicine specialist or a veterinary neurologist. there are other medications that can be used in conjunction with or without phenobarbital. Most anti-seizure medications are going to affect the liver in some way. Some just are more heptotoxic then others. This just isn't in small dogs but in all dogs and humans also. I hope that you just didn't take her off of the phenobarb but weaned her off slowly. Taking her off too quick can cause seizures also. She is most likely trying to eat everything because the seizures are decreasing her blood sugar. Seizing really burns up the body because of the increased temperature, the energy used, and the damage that is caused. This dog really needs to have the seizures stopped now. Your dog can easily die by seizing every two hours. This cluster seizures can turn into status epilepticus which can mean doggy death

Answer 3

I had a dog that had seizures since he was about 6 months old. He lived to be 6 years old.

The vet had him on phenobarbitol, which controlled the seizures most of the time, but he still have them once in a while. His vet said there is no real way to tell if a dog is epileptic, that they only "rule everthing else out" and then call it epilepsy.

He was a little dazed and confused when he first started on them, but he would snap out of it. As the years went on, he only got spacey for a short period of time, then would romp around throwing his toys up in the air and running after them.

I always told myself that as soon as I realized that he was not enjoying life, that I would not be selfish. He lived an active life a lot longer than anyone thought he would.

This website will inform you of the different types of seizures:

http://www.marvistavet.com/html/seizure_disorder.html

Good luck to you and your dog, I hope you find some way to control the seizures where he can live an active life.

Answer 4

Get another opinion from a veterinary school- like Cornell. I dont know where you live but take him to a Veterinary medical school-he will get the best of care and they are well versed in the most up to date treatments for all diseases. Is your vet telling you everything? There are medicines for seizures, but is the underlying cause of the seizure the reason he feels it cant be treated with medicine? Get him to a veterinary school- he most likely will be seeing a "specialist" vet, yes they specialize like human doctors. Get whatever tests were done on your dog to diagnose the seizures so you can bring them with you- they may repeat them but they will have your original tests as a baseline to see if his disease has progressed. Best of luck for your puppy-and dont give up hope- if there is a medicine, the major university vets will know of it.

Answer 5

There are medications for seizures. I don't mean to be rude, but your vet is an idiot. I would find a new vet. Lots of dogs have seizures and can still live long happy lives. Good luck.

Answer 6

I would agree that you should get a second opinion.

My dog used to have seizures, and I later learned it was because he was frightened of my father. When my father left the house, his seizures declined and eventually stopped altogether.

Get another vet opinion and keep close watch on your dog to see if you can begin to pinpoint any particular behaviour that causes them. If it's medical, there are medicines to help.

Answer 7

There are seizure meds for dogs, please go to another vet A.S.A.P and have your dog medically checked, I would never give up on my very best friend and I know you won't either, many dogs take meds for health reasons and live very happy lives. God bless, we will say some prayers. P.S. My mom just told me that a neighbor's dog has seizures and has medication. Which helps the dog, go to another qualified vet.

Answer 8

Of course there is. Phenobarbitol has been around for ever.

Get a new vet!!!!!

I had a dog with a seizure disorder years ago that was on Phenobarb for 7 years and was not "in a daze" at all. He was a great hunting dog even medicated. It may knock people out, but most dogs handle it fine.

Answer 9

it depends on what kind of seizures it is having if they are epileptic yes there is medicine. although some dogs have been known to got into seizures do to being overly nervous in nature. it doesn't hurt to go to another vet and get a second opinion

Answer 10

Did he say what is causing the seizures? I know there are meds for epilepsy. I had a hydrocephalus dog who ha seizures and she was on meds, lasix and prednisone. Her meds caught the hydro under control for almost 4 yrs. We lost her just over a year ago.