The most common side effects associated with incurin treatment included a.
Female dog incontinence estrogen.
Physical examination and blood and urine tests are usually normal in these pets.
Having the reproductive organs removed can lower levels of reproductive hormones in your dog s blood.
There is some debate about whether early spaying causes more bladder control issues than later spaying but overall female dogs that are spayed have higher rates of bladder control issues than those that are not spayed.
This drug is also labeled only for hormone responsive incontinence in female dogs.
Spay incontinence also known as urethral sphincter incompetence is a condition in which a spayed female dog has bladder control issues during its lifetime.
Incurin tablets contain estriol a natural estrogen of short duration in the dog s body because estriol binds with estrogen receptors in the body for only one to four hours much less than other estrogen based canine urinary drugs it doesn t cause potential side effects such as bone.
As a first step veterinarians will usually recommend a urinalysis and a urine culture.
According to the fda estrogens increase the resting muscle tone of the urethra in females and can be used to treat female dogs with urinary incontinence due to estrogen depletion.
This can lead to weakness in the muscles of the bladder and incontinence.
According to a research article by forsee davis mouat et.
Al in the journal of the american veterinary medical association dogs weighing 15 kilograms 33 pounds or more are seven times.
Often they are mature or middle aged when the incontinence starts.
Being spayed is a primary risk factor for female dog incontinence.
In 2012 merck animal health introduced a medication for female canine urinary incontinence called incurin.
Urethral incontinence is diagnosed based on clinical signs medical history and blood and urine tests.
Weakened bladder urethral sphincters in spayed female dogs also known as estrogen responsive or spay incontinence which is the most common cause.
Spayed female dogs may become incontinent as young as three.
Although urinary incontinence can afflict dogs of any age breed or gender it is most often seen in middle aged to older spayed females.
The most common clinical sign is pooling or spotting of urine underneath your dog when it is sleeping or relaxed.
Risk factors for female dog incontinence.
Bladder radiographs and ultrasonography are often performed to search for bladder stones or other.
Urethral incontinence is the loss of voluntary control of urination.
Like i say if your dog is on an estrogen supplement for incontinence the incidence of this side effect is very uncommon and ideally we d be monitoring for this as well with blood tests.
Cocker spaniels springer spaniels doberman pinschers and old english sheepdogs are among the breeds often prone to incontinence.
The other benefit for propalin is that it comes in a liquid formulation rather than a tablet.
Hormone responsive incontinence occurs in neutered dogs of both sexes and occasionally in spayed female cats but occurs most commonly in female dogs.
