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08-16-2009, 04:53 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Spring, Tx, USA
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| Yorkie with epilepsy My Diego is an epileptic. He recently had his phenobarb dosage increased (on Aug. 11th). This morning, he had two bowel movements. One was solid but the other was diarrhea. How concerned do you think I should be? |
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08-16-2009, 05:47 AM | #2 |
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| not really sure about the diarrhea aspect but check with vet as pheno affects the liver so you should be on a liver support like denamarin while taking pheno so ask vet about this. Also if your dog has epilepsy please make sure NO ROSEMARY in any foods, treats, etc as that can trigger seizures are you on yahoogroups.com canine epilepsy group as they could really help you as they deal with this daily as well |
08-16-2009, 10:02 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Spring, Tx, USA
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| Thanks for the advice! I had never heard about the rosemary before! Thank you very much for that! I try not to let him have any table food but I have a 1 and 1/2 year old whom Diego follows around constantly! He just recently had his liver tested and the results came back fine. He still has a healthy liver (thank you God in the name of Jesus!). He has to get checked once a year along with his phenobarb levels which were way too low on this last test. He was at a 10 when he was supposed to be at a 15. This deficiency is probably what triggered his seizure last weekend. His doctor increased his dosage because of this. No, I'm not a part of the yahoo group but I will be tomorrow! I want to educate myself as much as possible with regards to my boy's seizures. It breaks my heart and brings me to tears every time he has one. He's had about 4 or 5 in the last 2 and 1/2 years. Last edited by tshepardperez; 08-16-2009 at 10:06 PM. |
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