Efavet alternative

Re: Efavet alternative

karen mcgoey — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:15:22 GMT

Owner has settled for viacutan as is cheaper than Efavet so we are going to give it a 3-4 month trial. If that doesn't work then will definitely try the oxytet/vitamin B compound to see if improves situation.

Thanks for the advice!

Re: Efavet alternative

David Scarff — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:14:04 GMT

Hi, despite being a fan of EFA's, I would agree that tetracycline / niacinamine are useful in many cases. For a 30kg dog I would give 500mg oxytetracycline tid together with Vitamin B compound (strong) BP (cheap and high in niacinamide) one tid.

Not all EFAs are equal: many have inferior source oils, and unlike EFavet many do not contain evening primrose oil. Fish oils are not an equivalent, although useful in their own right in some conditions.

Re: Efavet alternative

Andrew Kent — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:30:00 GMT

There are loads of veterinary EFA supplements around - complederm, viacutan etc.

The cheaper alternative is to use fish oils which you can usually get from health food shops etc. The problem with this is that it is often harder to calculate the dose required at concentration of omega 3/6 may be unknown.

Alternative tx for this would be doxycycline and niacinamide.

Also worth considering hypoallergenic or novel antigen diet as this can play a role.

Andy