Posted by MA on August 4, 1999, at 12:12:56
In reply to Re: Selegiline for depression?(Brandon), posted by Robin on August 4, 1999, at 9:33:46
Our dog was on Seliegiline for Cushings disease.
He took one pill a day at the cost of about $3.50, so it is a very expensive drug.Out of curiosity I asked the vet about this because my father had been on it for Parkinson's disease. She said it was the same drug. I was trying to find out if I could substitute the human drug for the animal one to see if I could reduce the cost of treating the dog.
The problem was that I would have had to give the dog many human pills to make up for the one animal pill.Unfortunately our dog passed away about a month ago, so I did not have to pursue the cost issue.
I'm just so amazed that a pill my dog took for one disease was prescribed for my father for another and now I see it is being used for depression, which I have. Maybe, I'll end up taking it myself.
Life is so strange...
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