Proin is generally a safe drug in dogs it can cause issues if they have pre existing problems with high blood pressure or other underlying medical problems but in an otherwise healthy dog i have never personally seen any problems.
Incurin for dogs or proin.
I have had my 2 5 year old lab on proin for a few weeks and it is helping but her initial reaction to the meds made me a bit nervous especially after looking up all the side effects and negative reviews online.
Incurin estriol is a natural estrogen hormone.
Does anyone have any experience with these three meds used to treat incontinence.
P i think one of the important things for practitioners is to try to determine what is the underlying cause dr.
Estrogens increase the resting muscle tone of the urethra in females and can be used to treat female dogs with urinary incontinence due to estrogen depletion.
The drug will aid with urethral sphincter hypotonus which occurs due to a dog s age and weakening muscles in the urethra.
She has cautionary advice to offer.
Proven effective in reducing or eliminating urinary incontinence.
Estrogens pose the risk of bone marrow suppression in some dogs and phenylpropanolamine may be contraindicated in dogs with heart disease.
Proin and proin er are the only fda approved animal drugs that contain phenylpropanolamine as the active ingredient.
Proin incurin and des.
Typically you can find some combination that s going to make them better aronson said.
Yes incurin and proin are often used together long term in many dogs with this issue without causing any problems.
The estrogen product incurin increases the number and sensitivity of alpha receptors whereas the phenylpropanolamine proin directly stimulates the alpha receptors she says.
Testing is at the top of aron son s list of best practices for dealing with urinary incontinence.
Can be titrated to the lowest effective dose.
Manufactured by intervet inc incurin is a prescription drug available in 1 mg.
The us food and drug administration fda last week approved proin er phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride extended release a tablet for the control of urinary incontinence in dogs.