Benazepril canine
Common Questions and Answers about Benazepril canine
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It really depends on why your vet put her on Benazepril? Is it for diagnosed high blood pressure - or is it to help the kidneys function better through increased blood flow?
Benazepril is a good drug for either, but if it is merely to help the kidneys (in other words, if your dog does not already have high blood pressure), then extreme caution is needed.
She switched her from Enalapril to Benazepril, and continued the Lasix. Have been back a couple of times, and I keep asking if there's anything that can help her breathe better. She does not cough yet, but breathing is relatively rapid, and sometimes with some effort. Not panting, or open mouthed, just rapid and heavier than a normal dog. I know that the enlarged heart will affect her breathing, but I just wonder if there isn't some other med that might help ease that.
While living in the US I was using Benazepril 40 mg, but now I'm living in Ecuador and that med is not available here not as lotensin on benazepril.
What can I sustitute it with?
I was on benazapril for hbp for quite a while, developed a slight dry scratchy cough my doctor described as benazepril cough. He changed me to valsartan last week and thats where the real fun began :-( 3 days on valsartan and I was having horrible side effects of dizziness, rapid heart rate, general feeling of crappiness, even slight shortness of breath with the slightest exertion None of which I experienced with the benazepril.
I have been inundated with messages on another canine kidney disease forum I am involved with (3,000 owners on there). I hope things have not thus far deteriorated beyond the explanation given in your opening post.
Amlodipine is a calcium channel blocker that dilates (widens) blood vessels and improves blood flow. While that should help treat the high blood pressure, it may not work to help the kidneys that much on its own (although there will be some benefit).
tony thanks for your response the benazepril is to treat the hypertension and to reduce protein loss through the kidneys the amlodipine also for hypertension and control her plood pressure which was elevated the plavix is to reduce the chance of blood clots i also give her fish oil and give her chopped green cabbage with meals , i have started to wake up and give her a meal at 2;00 am and seems to have stopped the vomiting of bile . when karly was diagnosed in oct of 2015 she weighed 9.
I am 75. I take 75 mg of atenolol and 40 mg of benazepril hcl every day. I had an echo stress test (speed increases every two minutes) and at 6 minutes my blood pressure starting falling so the test was stopped and the doctor said sometimes with blood pressure medicine that happens. He said my heart was fine. I had a by-pass 12 years ago. So do I have to worry?
As I suspected, Enacard is contra-indicated in canine kidney disease. Unfortunately, it will do the reverse and CAUSE stress on the kidneys rather than ease stress on the kidneys. I can understand why the vet has prescribed it, but there are much safer drugs (for use in renal disease) that essentially do exactly the same thing and cause far less stress on the kidneys.
These drugs basically open up the blood vessels so more blood can flow through the kidney organs.
Helpful supplements you might consider include pure organic salmon oil (rich in omega-3 fatty acids), rhemania-8, CoQ10 - these can be given in rotation, so salmon oil (with a Vitamin E canine capsule, as salmon oil depletes this vitamin in the canine body) on day one, then rehamania-8 on day 2; then CoQ10 day three. These help boost the kidneys, improve the immune system and reduce inflammation. All quite helpful.
I took lantus throughout treatment. However, my doctor pulled me off metformin because it sometimes messes with ALT levels, making it difficult to get an accurate picture of how liver enzymes respond to tx. I ate so little during tx, and a lot of it was ice cream. Nevertheless, for some reason - despite all the sugar in ice cream - my A1c was better during tx than it ever was before or after.
58 year old female with long-standing hypertension (30 mg Benazepril daily). Wt, chol, lipids, glucose, etc. all good. Last year, my primary referred me to a Cardio for a 24 hour Holter for palpitations. The cardiologists' comment on the ECG was "non specific ST and T wave changes." This May, after resuming regular exercise (daily 2.
Presently, I have an infected canine tooth. I went to a new dentist apx. 10 days ago and was told it needed to be extracted. The dentist first prescribed amoxicillin for the infection. It has been over ten days, and I have pain and swelling in my lower cheek. Upon calling my dentist, I asked for a stronger antibotic (hence I have a tolerence of amoxicillin due to years of usage) he denied and let me know I needed to have tooth immediately extracted or the infection would spread.
There is a human Parvovirus known commonly as Fifth Disease, but it has no relationship to Canine Parvovirus. Canine Parvovirus does not seem to be contagious to humans and cleaning your house with dilute bleach should remove the infection from your home as Ireneo has described above, but it is imperative to check with your Pediatrician and Infectious Disease Doctor at the hospital where your child is currently being treated.
Just started looking online this past week about canine kidney failure after I was told my dog, a 4 year old american eskimo had the disease. I would like to get some information to help him lower his numbers and also be as happy and healthy as he can be for the time he has, which of course I hope is toward the longer time estimates that I have read. He had no symptoms of this prior to his recent routine check-up. I hoped he had some other problem like Addisons or Lepto which could be treated.
My son is 11 and only just got his two first teeth which happen to be his fangs, every baby is different
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