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[Carlos Henrique Costa]

Dear Deb,
How the dog was diagnosed?
Carlos Costa


dquaka at m9.sprynet.com wrote:
> 
> you wrote:
> >As requested, canine leishmaniasis is very difficult to treat. Most animals
> >dies with the infection in 6 months, despite high-dose glucantime or
> >association with allopurinol. Survivors presented relapses very often, more
> >than 80%.
>      I'm no veterinarian or physician (though I am a dentist), but my dog was
> diagnosed with visceral leishmaniasis in June of 1994. We used only allopurinol
> to treat him. He's still alive and doing very, very well - in fact, he is a
> "competition working" dog. I keep him on the allopurinol about 80% of the time.
> Periodically I take him off the medication for a few months. But, it's been
> almost 4 and a half years since the diagnosis and I'm happy to report that he's
> very healthy, happy and with no evident relapses. Maybe I'm lucky or maybe
> there is something about just using allopurinol alone. It's been easy to find,
> easy to give, and very inexpensive.... with no side effects that I'm aware of.
> 
> Deb Quaka and my 4-legged friends
> "The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties
> of this earth can ever be."  Konrad Lorenz
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6125