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05-21-2012, 05:05 PM | #1 |
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| I Am Weaning Max Off Phenobarbital Tomorrow is the first day I am cutting down Max's phenobarbital intake in an attempt to ween him off the drug completely. For those of you who don't know his story, I brought Max home from the breeder when he was 10 weeks old. 3 days later he started having seizures. The vets at LSU were surprised as it's very rare for such a young puppy to have epilepsy. But after exhausting all possible medical testing he was diagnosed with idiopathic epilepsy / idiopathic head bobbing. This was 22 months ago. It took him a few months to regulate the drugs in his system as he was growing very rapidly! We kept increasing his dosage until finally found a level that worked. Max has been on phenobarbital for 22 months and he will be 2 years old next week. He has not had a seizure since he has been on a therapeutic dosage. With that being said, we tested his pheno levels 2 weeks ago. A therapeutic dosage is between 15-45 ug/mL. Max's level was at 15.9 which means the drug is barely in his system. LSU said it's possible for Max to grow out of his seizures. I'm hopeful that is the case. I am cutting down his dosage so that he should be completely off the meds in about 8 weeks. Please wish us luck and good thoughts.
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05-21-2012, 05:08 PM | #2 |
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| Karen, We've spoken in the past about our pups' seizures. My Max has been seizure free for 1 year with the phenobarb as well. I'm glad to hear that Max is doing so well and he is able to get off the meds. I wish you the best of luck!!!
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05-21-2012, 05:09 PM | #3 |
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| Good luck.
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05-21-2012, 05:09 PM | #4 |
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| Sending positive thoughts your way for you and Max. Praying hard that Max has grown out of his seizures.
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05-21-2012, 05:42 PM | #5 |
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| I hope everything goes well Karen . . .it would be awesome for Max to be seizure free with no meds . . .
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05-21-2012, 05:47 PM | #6 |
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| Best of luck Karen!
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05-21-2012, 05:54 PM | #7 |
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| Thanks everyone! He's been on a really low therapeutic dosage with much success so I'm thinking he will be ok.
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05-21-2012, 05:57 PM | #8 |
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| Sending prayers your way! Good luck. And I cannot believe Max will be 2!
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05-21-2012, 05:58 PM | #9 |
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| Thank you. I know!! Time goes so quickly with them, doesn't it? He was 15.9 pounds last month! Cooper can walk under him.
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05-21-2012, 06:18 PM | #11 |
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| Will keep Max in my prayers for a successful transition.
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05-21-2012, 06:22 PM | #12 | |
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Well, definitely praying that he does well going off the Phenobarbital! Keep us updated!
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05-21-2012, 07:41 PM | #13 |
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| I hope it goes well for Max.
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05-21-2012, 07:43 PM | #14 |
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| Thank you. We are prepared for this.
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05-21-2012, 07:44 PM | #15 |
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| Oh, you have meds on hand if there is a problem with seizures? I would be a bit worried. Seizures do frighten me...I never got used to seeing them in people..cannot imagine in a dog.
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