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Do I need prescription c/d or regular urinary food for my cat?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Longhair | Male | neutered | 2 years and 2 months old | 11 lbs

Are the prescription c/d food very different from your other urinary health cat food?

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on March 28th, 2018

Yes it is, C/D is a prescription food, it's basically food + medicine for various urinary conditions. regular urinary health foods are non medical diets that usually have much less medical effects on a urinary tract condition, it can be good enough long term but the prescription diet is almost always a must short term.

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