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An effective epilepsy treatment plan for dogs should reduce seizure frequency, minimize adverse drug effects, and maximize quality of life.
Which drug should be used first? How should AED monitoring be performed? What are the risks of treatment? What is drug-resistance? When and which second AED should be started? Complimentary and alternative treatment strategies. Guidelines to enhance patient response and quality of life. Emergency treatment strategies (not included in this paper)
22 lut 2016 · The goal is to establish guidelines for a predetermined, concise, and logical sequential approach to seizure management starting with seizure identification and diagnosis (not included in this report), reviewing decision-making, treatment strategies, focusing on issues related to chronic AED treatment response and monitoring, and concluding ...
Seizures and Dogs: 4 Important Questions. Seizures occur in up to 5% of dogs and can be life threatening. Dr. Bush identifies how to determine whether the patient is having a seizure, if there is an underlying cause requiring treatment, and when an anti-epileptic drug should be administered. Arts.
It is important to encourage the diagnostic work up of dogs with focal seizures or seizures with focal onset. Many of the newer AEDs are efficacious in the treatment of canine epilepsy without the deleterious effects associated with the use of the older agents, phenobarbital and KBr.
Phenobarbitol, levetiracetam (Keppra), zonisamide and potassium bromide are all good first choices for treatment. There are several different anticonvulsants available for dogs. Zonisamide and levetiracetam have become popular because they work well with minimal side effects.
The canine epilepsy patient requires a methodical, clinical reasoning approach (Figure1) to guide the clinician to the most likely underlying disease process and, therefore, to develop an appropriate and adequate treatment plan to reduce the brain’s vulnerability to seizure events.
