YO FIDO, Here have a hit of this......

[Panopticon]

That's right, now Fido can have a hit of puppy uppers! Can Boner-All ( Doggie Viagra ) be far behind? ()

[quote UPI - ]
FDA OKs Lilly's dog-anxiety drug
INDIANAPOLIS April 25 (UPI) -- Eli Lilly said Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Reconcile for treatment of separation anxiety in dogs.

Reconcile -- which has the same active ingredient as Prozac -- is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant. The chewable, flavored tablet is now available to U.S. veterinarians.

"Lilly research shows that 10.7 million, or up to 17 percent of U.S. dogs suffer from separation anxiety," said Steve Connell, Lilly's manager of technical, academic and consumer services for companion animal health. "We're thrilled that our first product for dogs can help restore the human-pet bond, which can be compromised when dogs suffer from separation anxiety."

The approval is supported by field studies involving approximately 600 dogs that found that 73 percent of dogs receiving Reconcile showed improvement in separation anxiety-related behavior compared to those receiving behavior training alone.

The most common adverse effects included lethargy, vomiting, shaking, diarrhea, excessive vocalization, aggression and seizures. http://www.upi.com/Health_Business/Brief...rint_view/

[Pam]

Hey, one of my cats is on generic prozac for a litter box issue. It worked like a charm! And he is a happier kitty. Better still, I am a much happier cat owner!

[rz]

I have friends that had a dog who would literally tear up the house whenever they were gone. He was a gentle, meek dog (cocker spaniel) when they were home, but as soon as they left he would start howling (I know, we would hear it) and start chewing up stuff. They got another dog, hoping that would help but it didn't. He finally died of old age a few years ago. I'm sure they would have loved to have been able to give this dog something to treat the separation anxiety.

[DrSteggy]

Prozac is not an upper...and the only difference with this is now the drug is labled for use in canines. USing this drug (and other behavior modifying drugs) is not really new in veterinary medicine, just that the majority of usage is off lable, meaning that the drug was not specifically studied in dogs the way it is in people. Getting medications labeled for non human species is often a hassle and most drug companies won't pursue it since there is no money in it (at the moment, no one is even making distemper vaccines for ferrets, and this is something they really do need seeing as how distemper is fatal and incurable in ferrets and easily prevented with the vaccine, but I digress....)

The one that tees me off is the weight loss drug that Pfizer recently produced for dogs. I just can't wait to have people queing up for that. I really hope it is expensive enough that maybe people will decide that increasing exercise and decreasing the amount the feed are finally better options....

Jackie