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Remedies for Enlarged Heart in Dog

Thiuni (Colombo, Sri Lanka) on 10/16/2014

I submitted a question before, but don't know if it was received. Anyways, my 2 year old lab Matt was diagnosed with an enlarged heart and I badly want him to get treated properly and hopefully get cured, he is still young and active, no coughing or gagging, has very red gums, pants somewhat alot, slightly enlarged abdomen. We got him checked mainly because he was panting a lot and had an enlarged tummy. Anyway, he's going to start meds of lasixs, spironolactone and augmentine(he has a slight viral infection)....I want to know exactly what I can give to improve his condition, like supplements, and in what amounts. Currently, I'm going to start giving the meds with garlic, turmeric, pumpkin and carrots, but I want to know how effective these remedies are. Please please help and reply soon

Re: Enlarged Heart Remedies Requested for Yorkshire Terrier

Brittany (Georgia) on 05/16/2014

My 8 year old Yorkshire terrier was put on Furosemide, Spironalactone and Vetmedin a month ago for an enlarged heart and a large amount of fluid retention in her abdomen. Just had to take her in today to get fluid drained. I was hoping you might have a recommendation of a homeopathic treatment I could give her instead of being on the other medications. I feel like they are taking away her quality of life. She has gone down hill so quickly... Is there any other alternatives to help her?

Dilated Cardiomyopathy Advice Needed for Dog

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?