https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/4841/skullcap-and-valerian-for-epilepsy I saw a new client yesterday who has recently taken on a rescus greyhound. The dog is currently on phenobarb and KBr and has seizures once every 4-6 months so in terms of seizure frequency is relatively well controlled. However, every seizure becomesen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/16600?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:07:55 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c1f66213-db12-4e9c-a79d-23ee5b36ae01Rob Loxley<p><p class="title">A quick hunt on pubmed brings up:</p> <p class="title"><a target='_blank' href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19900527;" title="Epilepsy &amp; behavior : E&amp;B.">Epilepsy Behav.</a> 2001 Dec;2(6):524-532. Herbal Medicines and Epilepsy: The Potential for Benefit and Adverse Effects.</p> <p class="title"><a title="Journal of ethnopharmacology.">J Ethnopharmacol.</a> 2010 Feb 3;127(2):313-8. Epub 2009 Nov 10. Anticonvulsant effect of aqueous extract of Valeriana officinalis in amygdala-kindled rats: possible involvement of adenosine.</p> <p class="title">Keppra pulse treatment during clusters would be my port of call if they are very infrequent clusters and costs/other factors preclude longterm use of a third antiepileptic (having assessed adequate pheno and KBr levels first).</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/16520?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:25:03 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:245adb13-1ada-458f-a6e9-8c94b933b79fRuth Greenaway<p>I&#39;m waiting for these results at the minute.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/16510?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:03:56 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c5b852e2-8627-48fe-8516-d781641aaab8Michael Woodhouse<p>Have you got recent Phenobarb and KBr levels?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>