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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / March 2004Congestive heart failure ?
My 10yo pitbull has CHF. Was diagnosed several yrs ago. He's been on 50mg lasix and .125 digoxin in the morning, then another digoxin at night. He's been panting more and I'm guessing it's the CHF. He's going to the vet this week. What other med do I expect to add to this treatment? Would adding Coenzyme Q10 help? Thx Nicole  Signature3 of every 10 Americans Know Someone With Lupus Help find the cure. www.lupus.org > My 10yo pitbull has CHF. > Would adding Coenzyme Q10 help? .......Yes, most likely. http://www.vetheart.com/diseases.html http://wwwcsi.unian.it/coenzymeQ/index.html buglady take out the dog before replying Thank you, just what I was needing. Gus is 10 but still acts very young. KWIM? I want to make him as comfortable as possible. He's still my little studly dog. Nicole Signature3 of every 10 Americans Know Someone With Lupus Help find the cure. www.lupus.org > > > My 10yo pitbull has CHF. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > buglady > take out the dog before replying Something else that will help in the summer is to keep him in the air conditioning especially when the humidity is high. Celeste > My 10yo pitbull has CHF. Was diagnosed several yrs ago. He's been on 50mg > lasix and .125 digoxin in the morning, then another digoxin at night. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thx > Nicole We don't have humidity here too often but Gus does stay inside. Thanks for the tip. Never even thought how humidity/heat would affect him. Our summers are brutal w/temps routinely over 100 I try to keep him from getting into barking contests w/the neighbor dogs too (we have a doggy door) TY nicole Signature3 of every 10 Americans Know Someone With Lupus Help find the cure. www.lupus.org > Something else that will help in the summer is to keep him in the air > conditioning especially when the humidity is high. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thx > > Nicole Nicole. Glad I can be of help. The reason I suggested it is my mother has congestive heart failure and air conditioning makes it so much easier for her to breath in the summer. In fact the only way could convince her to let us put in the air for her was because her doctor told her she had to. Now she thinks it is the greatest thing in the world, I also have a cat who has a heart murmur and if he's not in the air during the summer he's sick all the time and throwing up from the heat. Most cats like the heat but he's happy and content to hang out in the living room with the air conditioner all day long when it's hot. Celeste > We don't have humidity here too often but Gus does stay inside. Thanks for > the tip. Never even thought how humidity/heat would affect him. Our [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > Thx > > > Nicole |
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