My pleasure. Let me have any feedback relating to Calcitriol ... I can absorb useful information into the article and it will then serve to better inform others. Tony
Awesome news, Tony. I'm so glad this has been published.
I'm working with two vets. One out of state, Dr. Carol Osborne: http://www.drcarol.com/about-dr-carol/. Per her website, she is the first U.S. veterinarian certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine. She's amazing. Last week she mentioned Calcitriol to me for Mandy.
My local vet is good, too, but not as informed or progressive as Dr. Carol Osborne. I'll share your article with my local vet. Great work!
I am pleased to say my piece on Calcitriol Therapy is now finished. You can have a read of it at:
http://www.infobarrel.com/Calcitriol_Therapy_For_Dogs_With_Kidney_Disease
I would be very interested to hear what members think ... and whether anyone progresses to try this form of treatment. I'm also interested to hear what your vet thinks about it.
Tony
Tony, I would love to have an advance word doc copy. Thanks! If you need my email, it's ***@****
Thanks for all the sharing you do!
My article on Calcitriol is almost finished. It needs some tidying up and then processing for publication (my blogsite only accepts articles that are grammatically virtually perfect, which can be a pain). Once it's on the site I will inform everyone. In the meantime, if you want an advance Word Doc copy, please let me know. Tony
Hi. It certainly isn't a new therapy ... from memory I think it was first used around 2005 ... but it does seem to have some benefits. The trouble is its quite complex, as you probably have already discovered from any reading you've done. I'm still trying to get my head around the science and biology of it - but think I may have to farm out a few questions to some people I know, just to clarify a few things. Its good your vet mentioned it ... it means he's keeping abreast of CKD and potential treatments. Tony
Thanks for the link.
Last week my vet mentioned this therapy as a possibility for Mandy if we can get her BUN & Creatinine down to more normal levels. I had never heard of it before then, and then voila, I saw it mentioned in your post.
Hi. I am still looking into calcitriol therapy and have not yet had any feedback from the original author, Dr Polzin, despite trying to locate him and sending various emails a few times. I don't really want to push this as a viable course of action without first researching it properly, but you can read a little more about it here:
http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/11-guidelines-conservatively-treating-chronic-kidney-disease?id=&sk=&date=&pageID=6
Tony
I'd like to know more about calcitriol. Besides phosphorous at 6 or less, what are the necessary ranges for BUN and creatinite?
I meant to add ... the evidence seems to be that cacitriol therapy is likely to add a significant period of time to the average mortality rate of CKF dogs. In double-blind studies, those on placebos survived 250 days, while those on calcitriol survived 360 days. There is more to this story, and I will produce an in-depth article on it as soon as I can. I am currently waiting for the author, Dr David Polzin, of the first paper written about calcitriol treatment to reply to my enquiries about trends since this was first trialled and recognized in 2005.