Alexander (Bulgaria) on 10/02/2013
Dear Sirs, my 10 years old dog Is diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy 2 weeks ago. It has a prescription for Vetmedin, Furosemide, Enalapril. I do not want to start giving that medications as they will ruin everything. Qould you please advise can I use natural alternative
A-C Carbamide by Standard Process or Water Out by Now Foods or anything else Instead of Furosenmide
PeptACE Instead of Enalapril
Is It Vetmedin Pimobendan essential?
till now I only giving CardioVet by Vetexpert http://www.vetexpert.pl/en/pets/pets-products/cardiovet
but plan to add d ribose, magnesium and omega3
Regards, Alexander
Congenital Heart Failure Canine, DMSO as a Diuretic Mary (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) on 07/07/2013
Hi I was wondering if you could add a category for this disease. I have a little min pin who is suffering with this. His ascites has gotten really bad and we have taken him to the vet to be drained twice. The last time was 6 days ago and they took out 300ml from what was a 10 pound dog. He weighs more now with all this water. I saw a post on earth clinic about a woman who used DMSO to induce a diuretic effect and it worked so I decided to give it a shot. Last night I covered his abdomen with 50% solution of DMSO and nothing happened :(. Tonight we put it on full strength, first coating the area with magnesium gel and some parsley tea. We waited 5 minutes then blowdried although it did not really dry. I am hoping we got enough into the system to cause a diuretic effect. I was very nervous that I may hurt him as his health is so fragile now. I really didnt like the experience of getting him drained or the things the vet said about his prognosis. Any experience or ideas would be very appreciated.
Thank you, Mary
EC: Thanks for the suggestion, Mary! Dog heart health is definitely important to a lot of us pet owners (cat heart health too!). Any other contributions to help the EC Community?
