Suprelorin implant?

[Astrid Landsaat]

I am trying to fiend more information about the effects of the coat condition when an implant like Suprelorin is used for chemical castration. A friend of my is the owner of a Gordon Setter with epilepsy and behaving problems. Does Suprelorin save the coat? And what's more important, is this drug save to use in epileptic dogs?

Astrid.

[Michelle Briggs]

Dont now about the medical side BUT i do now of retired setters who have used it with no coat side effects.
It does shrink the testicles though

[Astrid Landsaat]

Michelle,

thank you for your reply.

Are there more people on this site who have experience with the Suprelorin implant?

[kathie jo ottinger]

I am not familier with Superlorin implant. How does it work?

[Astrid Landsaat]

Hi Kathie,
I found an article about that: http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/breeding/suprelorin.htm

[kathie jo ottinger]

Thanks for the info it was good reading and will pass it on to several of my friends

[Trudie Bijsterveld]

I have used it by my Irish Setters and now after 6 months his coat is changing. The same as you would castrate your dog.
I don't know the effects for an epileptic dog.
I know I don't want it again, my dog is also very slow and sleeps a lot after the implant, the vet didn't hear that before so not all the dogs react like this.

[Susan Stone]

Trudie, I have just heard similar from a friend with a Golden Retriever. It took a few weeks for the implant to take effect, then the dog became very slow and lacked energy, not the dog the owner was used to. He also lost interest in his food (and this is a Retriever!!!). Yes, it worked concerning the bitches, but still the owner will not be repeating the treatment.

[Ulrike Reder-Marko]

Yesterday I spoke about this matter with a doctor of the veterinary university in vienna. he would not use suprelorin for a dog with epilepsy, because it stimulates the hypophyse. And it is no good idea to stimulate anything in the brain of an epileptic dog.

[Astrid Landsaat]

Ulrike,

thank you very much for your reply.

[Astrid Landsaat]

The owner of the dog is also very happy with this reply. This is the exactly what she wanted to know.
Thanks again, Ulrike!