Vitamin C
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I’ve read that taking 3 x 1000mg of Vitamin C daily will help reduce the severity of an asthma attack. Any comments ?
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Yeah. Be sure to drink a glass of goatsmilk sos you won’t burn out your tummy.
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> Be sure to drink a glass of goatsmilk
Can’t get beyond the smell.
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not many persons can take that high a dose without getting upset stomach. Murray Grossan, M.D. http://www.ent-consult.com http://www.TinnitusRelief.net http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic516.htm
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I think you should take into consideration the dog’s weight before giving him Vitamin C. My dog is only 25 lbs and I have been giving him 1/8 tsp-2x per day.
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I always use vit C with my post partum bitches – calms them down beautifully (source for this was Dog Owner Home Veterinary Handbook by Carlsen and GIffen) From all I understand it is a does no harm in reasonable doses item and if your dog needs some it will use it. Suggestion – if you start it and intend to stop giving it taper it off to permit the dog’s body to adjust to not excreting the ‘extra’ Nancy – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi > Can dogs be given vitamin C? If so how much? I have a lab who is under > the weather with kennel cough and I thought that he might benefit from > this. How about zinc/vitC combination? This seems to be in fashion for us > humans but what about dogs? > Regards > David
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>Can dogs be given vitamin C? If so how much? I have a lab who is under >the weather with kennel cough and I thought that he might benefit from >this. How about zinc/vitC combination? This seems to be in fashion for us >humans but what about dogs? >Regards >David
David: I do not know about zinc for dogs, but, I do know about Vit. C for dogs. Vitamin C is one of of the vitamins that if an excess is given it will be expelled in the urine. You need to start Vit. C off slowly. For my dogs I go to bowel intolerance. Bowel intolerance is when too much "C" is given, you will notice loose stools. When you get to the loose stool stage, back off, until there are no more loose stools. Start off slowly, ie: maybe 100 mg and gradually increasing it……. My 11 yr old Belgian bitch with arthritis gets almost 2000 mgs per day. This is a very high dose wich she can handle.. not alot of dogs can though. This dose was also not given overnight. This has developed over a period of months. For my 5 yr old, he gets about 1000 mgs per day. This is bowel intolerance for him and he is doing good on that dosage. Since "C" is a water soulable vitamin., I do not worry about giving too much. Please, contact a nutrionist or veterinarian about the other vitamins. Just arbitrailly (sp?) giving vitamins or herbs is not a good idea and could cause an imbalance in what you are doing. Betsy, who needs a dictionary, and her Belgians
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Hi Can dogs be given vitamin C? If so how much? I have a lab who is under the weather with kennel cough and I thought that he might benefit from this. How about zinc/vitC combination? This seems to be in fashion for us humans but what about dogs? Regards David
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>… BUT, tests have shown that some dogs >produce little to no VitC at all. The variations in how much VitC a >dog gets is great.
[clip] Could you post the references to the tests you mention? I have not been able to locate any research that supports this claim. (Please note that I am NOT asking for references about large doses of vitamin C as a therapeutic measure.) Susan M. Oace, Assoc. Professor of Nutrition, Dept. Nutritional Sci. University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3104
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|dogs manufacture their own Vitamin C, unlike us humans. That’s why … |says that Vitamin C does nothing for a dog . They synthesize (create |naturally) their own Vitamin C and dispose of what they cannot use. … |Dogs do produce vitamin C on their own. The controversy is over |whether that is sufficient C when there are additional stresses on the Ok… dogs manufacture VitC… BUT, tests have shown that some dogs produce little to no VitC at all. The variations in how much VitC a dog gets is great. Also, in the wild, dogs (wolves, whatever) get VitC from additional sources. Now dogs do not. There is no VitC in most dog foods, and those that say they supplement can’t claim very much, because most of it is lost in the cooking process. So, since not all dogs produce VitC, and dogs don’t get VitC from their "nutritionally balanced" premium foods, AND dogs NEED VitC, where are dogs going to get their VitC? NOWHERE. Now, megadoses of anything is not good, even if the vitamin is water soluble, like VitC. I would suggest looking for a dog food which has VitC in it, and if you feed one which doesn’t, then supplement 500mg every once in a while. Randy | R O A N O A K A U S T R A L I A N S H E P H E R D S | | Randy ‘n Monica Barger | ’n Sniffles ‘n Cody ‘n Skye ‘n Chance |
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>Good point. High doses of anything could be dangerous to your dog. I >won’t quote, but I believe I’ve read several studies where there have >been detrimental effects from people giving their dogs too much vitamin >C, thinking it will head off or cure hip dysplasia. >The OFA states that vitamin C will have no effect on HD, and they should >know! >Robin Nuttall
Well, gave my guy moderate dosages of C as a pup, still got HD, so forget VitC, and belive OFA! LIZ & TY & POLLY D. *PWCORGIS * /|/
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