Human Hormone Replacement And Dogs

[oakway]

human hormone replacement and dogs

Warning-Human HRT Creams affect Dogs

Who would have thought anything like this could happen? Permission

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the article as noted in the last sentence.

Here is a heads up if you use hormone replacement therapy creme>>> I

came across an eye-opening article that I thought you'd all would

find interesting. It was written by a Rhodesian breeder who is also a vet.

To make a long story short, she had a litter & sold a puppy to a

couple, who contacted her a week later telling her that they thought

that the puppy had a UTI. The puppy was treated (not by the

vet/breeder as the puppy lived several states away) but did not get

better. Over the next few months things got much worse with constant

incontinence & extremely swollen external genitalia. The breeder

finally thought to ask if the owner was using Hormone Replacement

Therapy, which she was, rubbing the cream on her arms. The puppy had

absorbed the cream though it's skin. Additionally, the husband was

also using an HRT cream in the same manner & the puppy had absorbed

high levels of estrogen, progesterone, & testosterone.

It was found that in addition to the incontinence & swelling, the

puppy's bone marrow had been suppressed & she was anemic. They don't

know what the long term effects will be as the pup is only 7 months

old. The husband & wife were instructed to apply the cream with

gloves in an area the puppy could not come in contact with.

Since this incident, the same breeder/vet diagnosed the same thing in

a 6 month old Doberman. She feels that this will escalate as the

cream application of HRT is becoming more popular & wants to send a

warning to all breeders when sending puppies off to new homes.

This was in "The Ridgeback" The article is titled "A Cautionary Tale"

by Danielle Sand, VMD & it's in Issue 4 2012

[Rosetta]

Wow - HRT on their arms - who knew

Amazing the breeder even thought to ask the question.

[rajacadoo]

I have just recently read a similar story about 2 Basenji's that this happened to as well... Sadly it took over 2 years to finally have the dogs diagnosed, but thankfully after the dogs owner changed her treatment, the dogs eventually recovered... Very distressing for the owner, who felt terrible guilt for doing this to her dogs...

[Mrs Rusty Bucket]

I knew there was some reason I put the stuff under my shirt before I went to sleep at night.

The cream I was on - was crap tho - caused more problems than it sorted, so I stopped using it. Expensive too - no PBS for what I was on.

But I've heard horror stories about getting the cream anywhere it's not supposed to be - so I used to apply it with gloves on and be really careful about washing my hands. Mostly I didn't want it on my face or hands or anywhere near the dog or anyone or anything else I touched.

Same deal with patches - eg there's one you can get for seasickness when you're over seas - and if you put the patch on and then touch anywhere near your eye (wipe sleep from eye for example) - you end up blind and dizzy for several hours/days until it wears off (and then you're sea sick again).

And just while we're on medicine doses - do not take your medication with anything really acid like pineapple juice or lime juice. Cos there is something in that which can make some medicines up to 60x more potent than they're meant to be.