Posted by 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
Posted by Om (Hope, Bc. Canada) on 05/16/2014
Hi Brittany, sorry for the mix up but some of the info. was for you. Om
Posted by Om (Hope, Bc. Canada) on 05/16/2014
Hi Brittany, sorry for the mix up but some of the info. was for you. Om
Posted by Om (Hope, Bc, Canada) on 05/16/2014
Brittany from Georgia: If it was my dog, I would put doggie on Essiac, treat the tumor/site with turmeric and castor oil mixed and also with turpentine, pure. My dog grew a tumour in the inner flap of his ear a few weeks ago. On first treatment with turp. the thing declined rapidly and it took only a few days before it is now only visible as a light spot. I keep an eye on it while Essiac will be used for some months. It is available online with lots of testimonies and instructions. I would not give vet meds. For the heart, Homeopathic remedies can be researched online, and CoQ 10 with ubiquinol is excellent. EC also has info on water retention which I think is ascites. Drugs are of temporary use.
Wish your doggie all the best. Namaste, Om
Posted by 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?
Posted by 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
Posted by 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?
