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Got a Collapsing Trachea problem? News In the last few days, it has come to my attention that a medication for arthritis in dogs is very successful in treating collapsing trachea. It is called Adequan. It is an injection given by your Vet, once a week for 8 weeks then monthly for the rest of the dogs life. The drug is relatively cheap and does seem to work on a collapsing trachea. The mode is that it strenghthens cartilage which is what it does for arthritis but it will also do the same for a weak collapsing trachea. I know of dogs on this, the improvement was dramatic and quick. Ask your Vet if you have a dog with this problem or pass on the info if you know of someone strugging with this in their dog. Side effects are very minimal if any compared to the traditional treatment for collapsing trachea of hycodan and prednisone which often doesnt' work anyway. |
Wow! Very exciting news! Thanks for posting this! WooHoo! |
Thank you, thank you sooooo much. Kayla has CT so bad. Took her to the vet with colitis Wed. and she always goes into CT. Couldn't breathe and problems for at least 2hrs. after we get home. Anything that excites her and here we go. I am so glad to hear about this. Hope this will help my baby. |
Thanks for sharing this. Do you wait until the CT seems to be a big problem or do you start it even if its just mild right now? |
thank you for sharing this now that keylo has recovered from KC weve confrimed she as a milder case of CT than what we orginally thought but at somepoint she may need meds. thanks again. |
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Very interesting! Thank you for sharing this! I have had a few pups with CT...and presently my sweet George has it although he fortunately is pretty much asymptomatic except sometimes at night. He was found to have a profoundly collapsed trachea in Nov 2011 before surgery at Texas A&M. It came as a total shock to me and to his regular vet as he had never shown symptoms. I was scared to death during that procedure but he did ok. I am definitely going to speak with my vet about the Adequan for him. |
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My Zada has severe CT and is on Flovent inhaler and Acepromazine tablets. She is more or less house bound and an hour before we expect company or we take her anywhere, she gets a quarter pill to calm her. I will ask the Vet. about Adequan. Thank you so much for posting this information. |
Wow that is interesting news. I am glad to hear that |
Thank you Lorraine for sharing this great news. |
Thanks for the info! I currently have my Shorty on Theophylline. It is working wonders but it is always great to hear of other alternatives |
Thank you very much for this information. Gus is 6 years old today! and has been suffering with a collapsing trachea for at least 3 years. He does take hycodon every day and a steroid/anti-inflammatory treatment as a rescue treatment. I am very encouraged to hear of some other possible treatment for him and I plan to talk with the specialist in Saskatoon, Sk and our local Vet in Manitoba. I would be so grateful to be able to improve his quality of life. |
Priceless information! Thank you for sharing....there seem to be so many that have babies that are suffering from this. What a wonderful thing to have a medication that could actually help correct the issue, instead of just treating the symptoms! |
AMAZING Rx that helps collapsing trachea Hi y'all! My name is Lauren & my 10 year old mini yorkie Ginger is my best friend and love of my life! About 2 years ago, Ginger started coughing uncontrollably all day, every day. I finally took her to an internal medicine specialist in Austin, TX and she was prescribed a medication called "HYCODAN." -per the Rx bottle, it reads: "Hydrocod-Homatrop 5-1.5 MG Tab" This prescription is the BEST thing for my sweet Ginger! I give her 1 tablet every 8 hours and her cough is GONE! Of course dosage, etc will vary and I'm not a vet... but I can say that in my experience this prescription has saved Ginger! I know how much we all love our furry babies and so I hope that my post helps spread the word that there are ways out there to keep them happy and living a more fulfilled life! XOXO y'all! |
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Collapsing Trachea I lost my Coco on Friday to CT. This was the second bad episode she had in 5 years. She had small attacks but alway got over them in a matter on hours, this one she didn't. From what I've read it is a very dangerous condition and it went undiagnosed in her because of the infrequency of her attacks. I have read that Adequan helps tremendously and I've also read it doesn't help much so if anyone has any experience with this drug or any that have helped, I have another little girl that is 9yo that has the cough and is on cough meds for it but I cannot see another of my kids die from this awful condition. I am heartbroken, this is the second dog that I've lost in the past 10 months and I will do everything in my power to prevent another dying from this devastating disease. |
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I have a little girl that has it pretty bad and her breathing is getting worse. I lost one of my girls on the 10th of this month to CT and it was a horrible death and I will do anything to prevent it from happening again. We've tried everything but now its time for the Adequan. I've talked to my vet about it and he didn't know they where using it for that but she is a tri-pod and has bad arthritis anyway. She is currently on the reduced dose of prednisone which seemed to help when she was on the mega dose but now that we are tapering the rasping & gaging is coming back. So wish me luck and I'll let you know. Does anyone know what kind of cost is involved? I've heard it isn't supposed to be an expensive drug but you know how that goes. |
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Hycodan for collapsing trachea My vet has got a prescription ready for me for Tussigon which I believe is the generic version of Hycodan. We are going to try that and hopefully it will help. If not then we go to the Adequan. Unfortunately he has never heard of Adequan being used for it but the studies that I have read make it a promising drug so hopefully this new drug works. Thank you for the info. |
I'm sorry you lost your baby to it too. My Coco had only a few attacks in her almost 10 years so I was completely unprepared. |
Cali has been on Hycodan for three days. Boy does it make her feel good. She has more energy than she's had in a very long time but it isn't doing much for her cough. So it's time to try something else. |
Tried this, thought it might help, but it didn't - stent having to be used |
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Last Resort for Trachea Collapse This is the last resort! Hydrocod/HOM - is for coughing only - was told this again yesterday from the specialty vet. His fluoroscopy shows the collapse- on a scale of 1-4 - he is a 3 1/2 and said it is time to be done. We are out of options. He burden in breathing is lasting for hours now, Hydrocod hasn't worked, if I don't do this he will sufficate. Just hope that it hasn't spread yet to the bronchi because there isn't anything that can be done. Feel confident in the surgeon as she work with Vet in NY and he is doing trachea specialty work for many years. He just turned 3 and noticed his first honking at 6 months. So glad I bought Trupanion on these two dogs (also have his sister) He is 4lb 2oz. Never had a color on - maybe a buddy harness 3-4 times but no major walking on leash, not an outside dog at all or has ever been or ever will be. Very pampered as well as his sister. Pre operation scope done 8-7 - surgery on 8-8. |
could not correct previous post - he has never had a collar on. |
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You are fortunate to have found a surgeon in whom you have confidence. Has she talked with you about recovery? What will that entail? Hearts and paws out to you.--KatysMom |
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