my dog may be epileptic...?

Question

my dog is having testing done...but she may be eplieptic

they want to put her on KBR (potassium bromide) or phenobarbitan? or something like that...

does anyone have a dog whos on either medication who does not have siezures on the meds?

it was so scary to watch my dog have a siezure and we dont know whether to put her down or to try the medicine

we have a siberian husky and shes like 12 years old

im so scared of her coming home and having a siezure when we arent home or int hem iddle of the night or something

does anyone know how siezuring in pets works or does anyone have personal experience or any information??

a family freind said their dog had epilepsy and even on the meds after a couple of months it just got worse and they put her down...

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Answer 1

I know this is very scary, but trust me there are many animals who live a happy life for years on phenobarb and potassium bromide. Try the meds, it often works great. It can take 3-4 days for the tablets to get into the animal's system and stop the seizuring, and sometimes the dose needs to be adjusted until it is quite right.

Don't give up yet, your dog may still have plenty of happy life ahead!

Chalice

Answer 2

well i dont but i have a lot of exceriance dealing with the situation, i worked with a neurologist for 3 years. those meds do help. You will be doing blood tests, i dont remember how often to check her levels and to see how well the meds are taking affect. And the dosages will be altered to fit that test. Phenobarbs side affects i remember, drinking a lot of water, and urinating a lot. But that is normal. And they will give you valum for emergancies, like if she has one you have to give it to her rectally, you will get a vile that can not have contact wtih sunlight, dont worry they will tape the tube, and a plastic tube you will put the tube about an inch into her rectum and empty the vile into in, within seconds she will stop seizing. You will use the valum more in the testing stage, once her levels plateau then you wont need it often. I wish you the best of luck God Bless, it will be fine. But sometime soon tehy will want to do an MRI, that is between 1050-1500$ just a forwarning.

Answer 3

I had a dog who had seizures. He started having them when he was around 10 years old. It was very frightening, but I did get him on phenobarb and he did very well. Without the medicine, I'm afraid that he would have died from a heart attack, because they were that strenuous. It wasn't immediate that he got better, (the drug had to build up in his system). He did survive another 4 years after, and who knows how long he would have lasted had I not gone the medication route? Good luck. Just be near your dog when the seizures start, and pet him/her and call his name so that he knows you are near. I believe this helped pull him out sometimes, he would look towards me and I knew that he was looking to me for comfort.

Answer 4

My sister has a dog who has seizures. he is on medicine, but lately his seizures have been coming back, even with the meds! They are going to have to try and regulate his meds. Maybe increase his dose. The dog is only 4. I say try the medicine and hope for the best. If though at his age they don't work I think it would be more humane to put him down.

Answer 5

Our beagle has the same disease.His is not bad enough to be medicated.If your dog has a seizure .Be sure there is nothing around him to hit his head.Watch how long they are.If more than five minutes go to the vet right away.If your vet says the dog needs medication follow his advice.Seizures look scary but dogs can live a long life even with this problem.

Answer 6

check out this website. http://oror.essortment.com/epilepsydogs_rhac.htm
my cousin has a cat and a dog that have epilepsy. phenobarbitol works wonderful for both animals and people. i was on it until i was twelve. my cousins animals are both on it and they haven't had a seizure in years.