Can Sam-e help my dog diagnosed with liver and spleen tumors?

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My 11 year old Dachshund has just been diagnosed with 2 Tumors,one on her spleen and one on her Liver. She had a growth removed from her stomach 9 months ago and now it seems to have spread, so operating seems futile.Could I put her on Sam-e?The brand I am interested in contains a dosage of 400 mg S-adenosyl-methionine. Inactive ingredients: Hydroxypropyl cellulose, magnesium stearate , silica gel and sodium hydroxymethyl starch. She weighs 10kgs. Pet's info: Dog | Dachshund | Female | spayed | 11 years and 5 months old | 20 lbs

Dr. Dayna, DVM, CVA · Accepted Answer

Well, the concern with starting Sam E in her situation is that we don’t know what type of tumor is on her liver. If it is a hepatocullular carcinoma (true liver cancer and not metastasis) then in theory it could “feed” the cancer. However, if your veterinarian feels that this is a different type of cancer then yes, Sam E would be appropriate. A 10 kg dog typically gets around 225 mg of Sam E per day. Best of luck and I hope Tanner does well for quite some time. Thank you for using Pet Coach.

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