LDN and ketotifen (?) being researched for dog w allergy and U.C.

June 25, 2008

Hi All,

I was on LDN for lupus and it helped greatly (I went to the Burzynski

clinic and was treated with PB, and am feeling much better and am off

LDN. I even have been going hiking!). I have done a lot of research

on LDN for myself, but haven't found a whole lot out there for dogs.

I've gone through the archives and have found that most messages are

related to cancers in dogs. Our family dog has severe allergies and

ulcerative colitis. We home cook food and he's on a rotation diet (of

course grain, soy, and dairy free - he also has an allergy to anything

with feathers), have him on probiotics, digestive enzymes,

l-glutamine, Glutagentics, and have tried Digestinol, but we aren't

getting him total relief from symptoms, and it is really hard to watch

him. He's very good natured, but is very itchy and not happy. We're

treating him for yeast through diet and supplementing, and doing more

tests for h. pylori and other common bacteria, but we'd like something

to give him relief from intestinal pain and symptoms.

1. Has anyone used/heard of ketotifen used internally for systemic

allergies (not restricted to bronchial/asthma)?

2. Has anyone else had success with a dog for Ulcerative Colitis?

I'm not expecting much improvement in the allergy department from LDN.

I know it can help, but I didn't see any improvement in my own - I

saw huge improvement in other symptoms though. We would like to try

both ketotiphen and LDN but don't have a lot of info. Since this is

kind of off topic, feel free to e-mail me privately. He's a gorgeous

dog and very good natured and bouncey. I just know it must hurt more

than he shows (there is tarry blood in the stool on some days). We

are working with vets but do not want to do prednisone.

Thank you!

Cami

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