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Oddly specific question, but has anyone here had or known of someone who had an epileptic pet? If so, could you help me understand some stuff? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I had a dog who developed seizures. Low dose phenobarbital solved the issue thankfully. It was a little inconvenient because he required regular liver tests and also, phenobarbital being a controlled substance, I had to buy it at a regular pharmacy. But other than that it was fine, much better than the seizures. He had no issues until he died (years later) of unrelated problems stemming from old age.

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

Same experience however, my vet was able to sell it to me. She only had 2 seizures in the 8 years she was medicated and both times we found she had spit out her pill at some point.