Zantac

[Lizzy06]

I have posted a few subjects on here regarding Pancreatitias. My Lizzy has it and her vet said i should try her on Zantac. He has said it to me numerous times now, but it is medication and i don't like the idea of her being on it. I was wondering if anyone else has used it for this reason? He told me the lady vet doesn't like the idea of her going on it but he thinks it may do her well. I have her on Enzyplex and i was asking him which brand of this was better and whether Thrive D or B would do a similar thing to help her. (As i'm almost out)

If anyone could help me with SUpplements to put her on ie Vitamin E & C and where they get them from, that would be appreciated too. I bought her some vitamin E from the health food shop the other day. But i don't understand how much i should give her as it says on the bottle that half a dropper is for kids which is 78IU. Online it says to give a small dog 100IU which is almost an adults dosage according to the box of vit e. Websites i have been onto say a dog should have 1/10 or 1/6 of the amount of an adult. So it doesn't make sense to me so i have sinced stopped giving it to her. Is there a supplement u can purchase for dogs which has these in it? Or what is the best way to go about it.

[persephone]

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[blogblog]

I have posted a few subjects on here regarding Pancreatitias. My Lizzy has it and her vet said i should try her on Zantac. He has said it to me numerous times now, but it is medication and i don't like the idea of her being on it. I was wondering if anyone else has used it for this reason? He told me the lady vet doesn't like the idea of her going on it but he thinks it may do her well. I

Zantac is a really old very well studied anti histamine (H2) that's pretty much free of side effects. It's so safe that 150mg doses were rescheduled from prescription to over the counter medicine about 10 years back. It's has a very simple action that is completely understood unlike many of these dangerous NSAID dog medications where it's hit or miss as to whether your dog could become severely ill. They don't really understand how these drugs work. There's a lot more to it than simply saying it inhibits Cox-2. It's mechanism of action is not understood, nor is the importance of Cox-2 in the blood to mammals.

BUT everything is pretty much understood about Rantidine (Zantac). It can effect the absorption of other medications. But once again it's been used for dogs and humans for so long, there shouldnt' be any suprises. I"M on Zantac, and so is my Lab. Neither of us have problems with it. If you were to search for potential adverse reactions for this drug you'd find a tonne, just like every other medicine. They need to legally protect themselves. but in actual use, it's very well tolerated in dogs.

If you prefer to use non medicines and it's effective than that's still what you should do, just letting you know zantac is a very safe medicine for humans and dogs.

Edited March 25, 2009 by blogblog

[Lizzy06]

I have posted a few subjects on here regarding Pancreatitias. My Lizzy has it and her vet said i should try her on Zantac. He has said it to me numerous times now, but it is medication and i don't like the idea of her being on it. I was wondering if anyone else has used it for this reason? He told me the lady vet doesn't like the idea of her going on it but he thinks it may do her well. I

Zantac is a really old very well studied anti histamine (H2) that's pretty much free of side effects. It's so safe that 150mg doses were rescheduled from prescription to over the counter medicine about 10 years back. It's has a very simple action that is completely understood unlike many of these dangerous NSAID dog medications where it's hit or miss as to whether your dog could become severely ill. They don't really understand how these drugs work. There's a lot more to it than simply saying it inhibits Cox-2. It's mechanism of action is not understood, nor is the importance of Cox-2 in the blood to mammals.

BUT everything is pretty much understood about Rantidine (Zantac). It can effect the absorption of other medications. But once again it's been used for dogs and humans for so long, there shouldnt' be any suprises. I"M on Zantac, and so is my Lab. Neither of us have problems with it. If you were to search for potential adverse reactions for this drug you'd find a tonne, just like every other medicine. They need to legally protect themselves. but in actual use, it's very well tolerated in dogs.

If you prefer to use non medicines and it's effective than that's still what you should do, just letting you know zantac is a very safe medicine for humans and dogs.

Thankyou much appreciated. Will keep trying her on what she is on and if it don't work this time i will give it a shot. The vet said her dosgage would be 1/4 tablet twice daily. So should be fine. :-) cheers