One Year Seizure Free

frasalone · Post by **frasalone** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:20 am

Lita, my 6-year old German Pinscher, has just now passed the one year mark seizure free. Because she required such a high dose of Phenobarbital in order to stop the seizures, her liver function has been regularly monitored. So far, so good!

Because of her progress, the Neurologist she sees wants to try a gradual reduction in the PB. So now we are going from 75 mg. every 12 hours to 60 mg. in the morning and 75 mg. at night. If she goes a month with no seizures, the evening dose will drop to 60 mg. as well. I consider this a huge milestone for her!

MK's mom · Post by **MK's mom** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:02 pm

Good luck with the reduction. If your pup's seizures were secondary to some other cause, then the reduction might be a success, but if she's enjoying no seizures because you've found the magic bullet, you might be disappointed if she starts seizing again. I don't mean to be a downer and rain on your parade, but there's been more than one pup on this forum that have gone thru reductions and experienced consequences. I know one year seizure free is the mark the vets use, so hopefully you'll be one of the successes.

Congratulations!

Vivian

claires friend · Post by **claires friend** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:45 pm

Morgan would like the "magic bullet" for Christmas , please !!!

frasalone · Post by **frasalone** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:09 pm

The Neurologist warned me that the chances of her being able to come right off the PB are slim to none. But even if we can reduce only so much, that will still be good.

kbugs · Post by **kbugs** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:53 am

I wish you luck! and congratulations on your one year! Truly a milestone.

Carolyn · Post by **Carolyn** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:09 pm

Horray for Lita! A year is great. My vet also said 15mg at a time. Good luck.

Mandypop · Post by **Mandypop** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:34 am

Congratulations for Lita!!!! Fantastic news and let's hope that the reduction goes well - good luck!