Phenylpropanolamine for incontinence
Does anyone have any experience with this meds and how well it works? side effects? Also, does anyone know anything about the surgical options for female dogs with incontinence issues? |
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| We had that problem with Rebecca for a while and had her on those meds. She would pant a lot while on them so I looked for other alternatives.
She is currently not on them and here is a little about what we learned. Check out on the net what they say about feeding higher protein dog food. We have her on a higher protein food. Her incontinence problem mostly occurred at night. We make sure she pees before we go to bed even if we have to be outside forever. Rebecca wasn't a big water drinker so I always put water in her food at dinner to kind of make sure she had something in her bladder at bed time. We also found out in this time span that she had a degenerative spinal thing going on, so she's on an anti-inflammatory drug called Zubrin. So she may have had discomfort squatting in the past, which this drug has seemed to help, so she doesn't hold it in as much. So we really haven't had this problem with the leakage since, but who knows if her problems were really hormone related, which the PhenylP treats. |
HeatherRWM wrote: Also, does anyone know anything about the surgical options for female dogs with incontinence issues?
A surgical option is generally what causes incontinence in most bitches in the first place.  It's called spaying and there's no way to reverse it. Maybe some day they'll offer hormone replacement therapy like they do for human females, or come up with a better approach to canine birth control. For now you just control it with meds and many such bitches are on it most of their lives. I haven't heard that there are any serious side effects.
Kristine |
| Funny, I noticed Marley panting yesterday and asked Dave if she looked uncomfortable. She seems fine otherwise, although she looks really depressed and embarrassed after she has the problem for a few days. My concern is that this only happens every few months (granted it happens a lot in a week period or so) and I don't want to have her on medication for the rest of her life.
Kristine- Our vet told us about two procedures, the first of which involves injecting collagen into the urethra. The second one, which is apparently very new, involves a clamp that is placed around the urethra. A "pump" is implanted under the skin so you can control how tight the clamp is. There's a facility near us that does both surgeries, but we are not interested in going that route unless the problem worsens and the medication does not work... just wondering if anyone here has had success or otherwise with either procedure. |
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