My dog has seizures. Are there cheaper potassium bromide alternatives?

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Is there anything cheaper than potassium bromide? My 15 month Papillon is on that and Keppra. Non of which seems to be working as she has cluster seizures every day. Keppra 125 mg x2 and 0.4ml bromide. The bromide costs £131 for four weeks! The bottle holds 250 ml so most of it has to be thrown away. She was on epiphen but has had to come off it because of her liver. Pet's info: Dog | Papillon | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 3 months old | 5.62 lbs

Ana M, DVM · Accepted Answer

Thank you for submitting your question regarding DeeDee. I am sorry to hear about the severity of her seizures. It does not sound like she is adequately controlled on her current medications. There is a prescription diet by Purina Proplan Veterinary Diets called Neurocare that may help. There are other anti-seizure drugs. I like a medication called zonisamide, but it may need to be specially formulated given her small size. You may want to consider seeing a neurologist if you have not done so already. Her ongoing care is unfortunately going to be expensive given her young age and the severity of her disease. I hope this information helps.

My dog has seizures. Are there cheaper potassium bromide alternatives?

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