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The gives qualifying dogs free test medication for idiopathicepilepst — essentially seizures with unknown causews — which affect almosy 6 percent of all canines. “It’s a FDA studg just like human drugzgo through,” says Dr. Carol Price, one of two vets on staf at Bear Creek. “There’s going to be a control which is givenapproved medication, and a test group givemn the study drug,” she Price has admitted about a dozen dogs and has screened severall more since the study began last August, but says she woulrd like to see a lot more.
“When you run any studyu you have to have to have a certaihn amount of dogs in controland treatment,” Pricr says. Sites in 14 other statez are also participating in thestudy — the largest ever to examin treatment for canine epilepsy. More than four milliomn dogs nationwide are afflicted byidiopathic epilepsy. collies, dachshunds, German shepherds, golden and Labrador retrieverse and miniature schnauzers are the breeds mostcommonly affected. Portuguesw water dogs, in the news now that one is First Dog, are also considerede high-risk. Participating dogs have to come in once a montjfor treatment. “It’s a minimum of three up to one year,” Price says.
“It’s free for them and they get physicak exams, lab work, and a possible MRI or CT