Joan R.
I would consider trying to treat for a neurological issue. I think my dog was on her way to getting an obstruction (the last thing she ate was a 6″ strip of carpet she tore up). I was at my wits end with her after all of the GI medications weren’t helping, so I decided to trial phenobarbital for focal seizures. I figured it was a shot. My vet agreed, and we started it a few months ago. Since then she has had one “breakthrough” episode, and I kind of think she dropped her pill that day. She was having terrible “episodes” every other week, sometimes days in a row prior. I’m am so relieved to have stopped them. We keep her at the low end of the therapeutic range, and that seems to work. It does require bloodwork to monitor liver health and the phenobarbital levels. But it’s cheaper than an exploratory surgery!
