Aktivait For Canine Dementia

[dasha]

This guy does herbal stuff and posts it all over Australia.

Try this

http://www.herbal-treatments.net

[westiemum]

After a series of progressively less and less helpful emails from Vetplus, the Aktivait manufacturer (boy, IMO are they rude bullies!), a very helpful one from AQIS, and excellent advice from dasha and other DOLers (thanks everyone), I've weighed up the options and decided to just let the Aktivait go - the permit option is impossible without the help of Vetplus and there's no way they will help anyone! They won't even answer straightforward, polite questions. The permit option is also pretty expensive, particularly on an ongoing basis (Mac would need ongoing long-term treatment).

So I'll look at the website dasha has supplied and go from there. And in the meantime, if anyone comes across any other treatment possibilities I'd be really grateful if you would post them, since aktivait won't be possible for Mac.

Thanks again all - and I hope this thread's been useful even if I've made a rather silly public mistake!

Edited April 22, 2011 by westiemum

[vetrg]

Sorry it's taken so long

The only distributor name for here is via Vet Express in New Zealand ([email protected]) however the european prduct manager said that they are planning to licence here within the next few months.

Another product to try is ginko biloba (tablets from health food shops) 250mg twice daily per 10kg body weight.

[Alyosha]

As a vet medicine it would need to be registered in Australia - the supplier overseas should not supply it to here if they haven't had it registered for use and supply in Australia.

This is the federal department responsible for registration and permits of all vet medicines in Australia: http://www.apvma.gov.au/

And if you're ever trying to find something online and not sure of it's status they have a public search database you can search for products so you can be sure of whether they're registered here before you fork out money for them: http://services.apvma.gov.au/PubcrisWebClient/welcome.do

APVMA also does import permits for unregistered vet medicines that they have issued permits for, AQIS is a seperate permit.

If you really think the product could help your dog, maybe you could get a vet onside and organise a trial here in Australia?

Sorry you lost your other purchase. I hope you can find something to help your boy.

[westiemum]

Thanks vetrq and no probs - thanks very much for posting - the only option out of NZ is for someone to bring it in for me - which won't work on an ongoing basis and I won't do that anyway - not the right thing to do. I see from the Vetexpress NZ website that they are actually a subsidiary of Vetplus UK (rather than a licencee) - so after my experience with Vetplus I wouldn't bother even if it could be done - they are likely to be just as unhelpful as their parent company anyway.

Thanks for the ginko biloba suggestion - didn't know it might be helpful here (I know some tinnitus suffers find it very helpful)- will pick some up and try him on it and let people know how I go.

Vetplus have said they will let me know when Aktivait becomes available in australia - but given their porr customer service track record I'm not holding my breath - so if you hear of its launch I'd be really grateful for a quick post or PM.

Thanks again vetrq - appreciate your help and advice.

Sorry it's taken so long

The only distributor name for here is via Vet Express in New Zealand ([email protected]) however the european prduct manager said that they are planning to licence here within the next few months.

Another product to try is ginko biloba (tablets from health food shops) 250mg twice daily per 10kg body weight.

[westiemum]

Thanks very much for that info Alyosha. Didn't even know that database existed. I put 'Aktivait' into the product name and nothing came up - so I think its safe to assume is not registered here. But its a good bookmark for future reference. I think to get a trial up and running would probably take more time than Mac's realistically got and would require that manufacturer's cooperation - and as I said to vetrq and dasha, believe me that ain't gonna happen this side of the second coming.

So have bookmarked that site and will run anything else I find that might be helpful through it - thanks very much for posting it.

EFS

As a vet medicine it would need to be registered in Australia - the supplier overseas should not supply it to here if they haven't had it registered for use and supply in Australia.

This is the federal department responsible for registration and permits of all vet medicines in Australia: http://www.apvma.gov.au/

And if you're ever trying to find something online and not sure of it's status they have a public search database you can search for products so you can be sure of whether they're registered here before you fork out money for them: http://services.apvma.gov.au/PubcrisWebClient/welcome.do

APVMA also does import permits for unregistered vet medicines that they have issued permits for, AQIS is a seperate permit.

If you really think the product could help your dog, maybe you could get a vet onside and organise a trial here in Australia?

Sorry you lost your other purchase. I hope you can find something to help your boy.

Edited April 23, 2011 by westiemum