Guest guest Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 I am trying to find out what experiences anyone in the group has with LDN in animals. Also whether anyone has information regarding preferred dosages as well as timing of administration. I have begun treating my 14 year old beagle Itchy with LDN for about the past week. Ithcy has metastic bladder cancer that has just spread to the lungs. He is also undergoing conventional chemo. I am giving hm 2 mg of LDN at 10 p.m each evening. He weighs 53 lbs. Does anyone have any idea as to whether this dosage is appropriate? Also, is there any problem giving LDN to an animal during the day? I know that for some reason it is recommended to give to people in the evening but I do not know if the same logic applies in animals. Thanks, Lagin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Hi , Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would it be possible for you to clarify a bit as to why you think that it may not be good to be giving LDN to Itchy at the same time he is on chemo? FYI I started the chemo to buy some time until I could I could find something that might work better as I am well aware that chemo in this instance, even if it is effedctive, will not be curative or able to cause a long term remission. Thanks, Lagin low dose naltrexone From: dsnurse1@...Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:09:55 -0800Subject: Re: [low dose naltrexone] LDN in dogs dont know if LDN is good if you are giving chemotherapy too to your dog From: eric.lagin <ericlaginhotmail>Subject: [low dose naltrexone] LDN in dogslow dose naltrexone Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 4:46 PM I am trying to find out what experiences anyone in the group has with LDN in animals. Also whether anyone has information regarding preferred dosages as well as timing of administration. I have begun treating my 14 year old beagle Itchy with LDN for about the past week. Ithcy has metastic bladder cancer that has just spread to the lungs. He is also undergoing conventional chemo. I am giving hm 2 mg of LDN at 10 p.m each evening. He weighs 53 lbs. Does anyone have any idea as to whether this dosage is appropriate? Also, is there any problem giving LDN to an animal during the day? I know that for some reason it is recommended to give to people in the evening but I do not know if the same logic applies in animals.Thanks, Lagin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 I think the general opinion was that the LDN and chemo would work against each other but there was a poster on here a few months ago who cited a study in which it was found that LDN helped the chemo (or maybe it was that it helped the body cope better with the chemo???). Lagin wrote: > Hi , > > Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would it be possible for you to > clarify a bit as to why you think that it may not be good to be giving > LDN to Itchy at the same time he is on chemo? FYI I started the chemo > to buy some time until I could I could find something that might work > better as I am well aware that chemo in this instance, even if it is > effedctive, will not be curative or able to cause a long term remission. > > Thanks, > > Lagin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 I think the general opinion was that the LDN and chemo would work against each other but there was a poster on here a few months ago who cited a study in which it was found that LDN helped the chemo (or maybe it was that it helped the body cope better with the chemo???). Didn't one of the Doctors on Utube use both LDN and chemo together, I most certainly would, all in to the armoury!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Penn state has completed an MS mouse study of LDN, testing both low and high dose. Low dose made everything get better, and high dose made everything worse. In the case of cancer, high dose would stimulate cancer cell proliferation. The max dose in the Penn State trial for a 100 pound mammal is 3.00 mg, so for a 50 pound dog, the max dose would be 1.5mg. Please check with Dr Skip too, since he does vet meds. SammyJo http://LDNers.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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