Vivitonin - anybody had any experience of their dog being on this medication?

virgin_moneysaver

older ESS been precribed this after a funny turn - not sure until we see vet in a fortnight whether its 1 month course only or whether she may have to stay on this for rest of life (along with incurin & propalin) - anybody had any experience of this being prescribed permanently for their dog & were ther any side effects - thanx

maggiej_2

Our old ESS also had this prescribed when he was about 10 or 11 as a result of 'funny' turns whilst out on his walks. - he kept falling down every so often. Turned out his heart was missing a beat now and then. Anyhow, he was on this medication for the rest of his life until he was PTS at the age of 13. Hope this helps.

snowman2_2

Vivitonin seems to either work very well or not at all. If it works, it is likely life-long but it should be obvious after a month as to whether it is helping

virgin_moneysaver

did not have a lot of time to go into detail this morning as on my way to work but as i understood it its 1 of 3 things at best, just a 1 off middle ear thing that the tabs should clear up, or its a permanent middle ear issue & she has to stay on them forever, or worst case scenario is that its brain tumour & only time will tell - vet is gonna see her after a month & decide whether to bring her off them & see, or if she still has symptoms then to stay on & moniter - her legs still go from under her only occassionaly now & her head tilt has improved but shes not perfectly back to normal yet, if she ever will recover to that degree

jackomdj

Our harrier has been on them for about 5 years now. They keep him well & his head tilt is only noticable when he is tired or run down. We have not noticed any side effects in him.

HTH
Nicky

virgin_moneysaver

been back to vet, seen a different vet again, he's taken her off the vivitonin & is now given her a course of steroids as she still had a slight head tilt after 3 weeks on the vivtonin, also still can't rule out brain tumour