Anxiety Drugs
She stated that their is new evidence that acepromazine , which is the drug of choice for phobic dogs, is actually suppressing the dogs reaction but not doing much to relieve their anxieties. Vet's have started giving Xanax to dogs with phobias that cause destructive or unsafe results. Has anyone heard of this? I cannot find information in my search yet. I know that Xanax is very addictive and has some unwanted side effects for humans. I realized that I don't know anything about the properties of acepromazine but have been giving it to Molly whenever I am not going to be around to calm her in a Thunderstorm. I just wasn't thinking. I don't give it to her very often but it would seem that the effect would be the same. Have any of you had vets give your dog Ace? Did the vet warn about giving it to often or just hand it out. I do know one OES owner who uses Ace for car travel with her Sheepie quite often. It is often given for air travel as well. The other drug that she mentioned for anxieties is Amitriptyline. I found this drug. It is the generic name for Elavil. Elavil is an antidepressant which has a sedative effect. I read up and found that one of the side effects is "activation of latent schizophrenia"....wouldn't that be fun. Do any of you have experience with this drug |
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| BonnieMolly,
Joan and I have experience with Amitriptyline with our boy Jake. As you are aware, Jake is having a tough time with his hind quarters due to suspected Degenerative Myelopathy and/or arthritis. After falling once or twice, he had become afraid of coming down the stairs. He would freeze at the top of the staircase, and look back and forth across the top step, and drooling like crazy. The vet prescribed Amitriptyline for 10 days, and Jake has been on it ever since. It didn't eliminate the fear... it wasn't like he flew down the stairs. But he no longer freeze/drools, he looks over the stairs and with a little coaxing comes down. He also descends on his own when he feels like it (i.e. when there is food being opened in the kitchen  )
We haven't noticed any latent Schizoid personality problems emerging... at least not with Jake.
Hope this helps. -Ron. |
| Yep, I heard of it. Our vet prescribed "ace pro" for our pit bull, Sandy, who was a real sweetie of a dog at 65 pounds. Sandy suffered terrible separation anxiety when we would kennelize her before going on vacation. She would yelp herself hoarse, and continue yelping 24/7 for days on end. The kennel refused to take her back unless we had her tranquilized. The doc prescribed 15mg doses every 12 hours. Poor Sandy was still emotionally distraught and only partially calmed even at that dose, which would be enough to put a grown man to sleep for quite a while. Still, it helped some. That was five years ago or so. Dear sweet Sandy is gone now, permanently separated from us by death, and is probably yelping herself hoarse in doggie heaven. |
| I'm very sorry for your loss, poor girl! |
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