Dog Seizure Treatment With Vitamins

You can work with your veterinarian to provide relief to your dog through seizures and to help prevent them. Vitamin therapy is an alternative holistic medicine that has a strong medical basis for success with seizure patients. Dr. Alfred Plechner, DVM points out in his book, "Allergies: Remedies for an Epidemic," that just as with humans, there is a correlation between diet and illness. He also mentions that commercial foods are often seriously lacking in good nutrition. Lack of vitamins and nutrients can cause seizures, or at least trigger an episode in a dog with underlying illnesses.

Things You'll Need

  • Multi-vitamin
  • Vitamin B6
  • Manganese
  • Magnesium
  • Vitamin C
  • Calcium
  • Fish oil
  • Evening primrose oil
  • Flaxseed oil
  • Borage oil
  • L-taurine
  • L-tyrosine
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Instructions

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      Talk to your veterinarian about the possible causes of your dog's seizures. There are eleven types of seizures, most brought on by other ailments such as liver disease, low blood sugar, tumors, kidney failure, vaccination reactions, worm infestations, head injury, infections, lead or other poisoning and genetic factors such as epilepsy. However, there is one type caused by vitamin deficiency.

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      Consider vitamin therapy as a possible alternative route for medicating a dog that has seizures, even if medical problems cause the seizures. Work closely with your veterinarian to ensure that vitamin therapy is safe for your dog.

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      Investigate your dog's diet. Feeding your dog low quality foods can cause a deficiency that brings on seizures even in some medically related stimuli. Create a diet high in nutrients to see if your dog's health stabilizes.

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      Buy the proper vitamin supplements to treat seizures in a dog. Start with a regular multi-vitamin and mineral supplement for the standard daily supply of nutrients. Supplement your dog's diet with vitamins known to provide relief from seizures. These include vitamin B6, manganese, magnesium, Vitamin C and calcium. The proper vitamin supplements not only provide a cushion for what the diet is lacking, but they also help the dog's body absorb the nutrients from the food you feed it.

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      Include fatty and amino acids as a supplement for seizures in your dog. Help restore brain function and rejuvenate damaged brain tissue from seizures with fish oil, evening primrose oil, flaxseed oil and borage oil. Help provide soothing relief for the brain and help offset the traumatic effects of seizures with the amino acids L-taurine and L-tyrosine. These amino acids may even circumvent the seizures.