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Anti-aging drug for dogs moves closer to gaining FDA approval

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Re: Anti-aging drug for dogs moves closer to gaining FDA approval

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Post by spchampion2 »

jurassicfoxy wrote: post #4

In addition, if anyone has an older dog, they should also immediately look into Librela: https://www.zoetisus.com/products/dogs/librela/ This is a miracle drug that pretty much instantly changed both my (older) dogs' lives. Every vet tech I've spoken to (it's a monthly injection) agrees it is amazing.

I'm just past the second dose on my older border collie, and it has been a good thing for him. But I would hesitate to call it a miracle. He's somewhat more active and flexible, but he still has some trouble climbing steps and stairs.

He also loves the cold, and he's always more active in the winter anyway. I would say he's close to the level he was last winter instead of slightly declined. That's great, but not miraculous.

We'll stick with the regimen and see if he continues to improve. I'll upgrade my judgement if he starts climbing stairs again.

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Post by nerevarthelame »

fallingknife wrote: post #7

Do we really need to be using up government resources doing drug approvals for dogs? It takes so long to get human drugs approved. Let's use the resources there and let the market sort out what works for animals.

Yes we do. The FDA's typical purview includes regulating food and drugs given to pets and animals raised for consumption. I'm glad that the industry isn't just the wild west - not just for the sake of my pets, but also for my human family who could be impacted by an unhealthy food chain, or by undesired impacts to the natural ecosystem.

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Post by antisthenes »

drakonka wrote: post #14

If anyone here has any anti-aging resources for cats, I'd love to see them. I have two 9-year-old Maine Coons whom I'm supplementing with glucosamine for joint and urinary health, and wonder if there's more I could be doing. Edit: Getting some great tips on core diet and health down below! Luckily we're already doing most of those, and I guess I'm largely wondering about advancements in supplementation or preventativ…

Make sure they drink enough water. May have to get them a water fountain or a wider bowl, and make sure it's fresh.

Aside from that, Maines are already a very long lived generally healthy breed.

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Post by fallingknife »

idopmstuff wrote: post #10
fallingknife wrote: post #7

Do we really need to be using up government resources doing drug approvals for dogs? It takes so long to get human drugs approved. Let's use the resources there and let the market sort out what works for animals.

How would you let the market sort out what works in terms of life-extension drugs? How would you measure that without well-structured trials? People love their dogs and are willing to spend large amounts of money on them - how do you prevent people from selling them snake oil? On top of that, we're talking about the first-ever drug approved solely for the purpose of life extension - yes it's in dogs, but it's a topic…

I propose treating all animal medication as supplements. Safety (including safety when consumed as food for livestock medications) is required but not efficacy.

And given the fact that people have the legal authority to euthanize their pets on demand, it seems pretty silly that we are spending millions of dollars in taxpayer money ensuring they don't get fed snake oil.

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Post by post_break »

drakonka wrote: post #14

If anyone here has any anti-aging resources for cats, I'd love to see them. I have two 9-year-old Maine Coons whom I'm supplementing with glucosamine for joint and urinary health, and wonder if there's more I could be doing. Edit: Getting some great tips on core diet and health down below! Luckily we're already doing most of those, and I guess I'm largely wondering about advancements in supplementation or preventativ…

Raw food is the biggest thing. One of our cats has IBD and was about to be put down, raw food completely reversed it and now he’s better than before with no signs of slowing down.

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Post by consumer451 »

scoopertrooper wrote: post #9
ksoped wrote: post #3

Really wish this wasn't fox news ...

Here is a press release: https://loyalfordogs.com/posts/loyal-announces-historic-fda-...

Is there an API for lowest-common-news-link, i.e., source?

If not, there really should be. I would be a customer.

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Post by pmx »

jurassicfoxy wrote: post #4

In addition, if anyone has an older dog, they should also immediately look into Librela: https://www.zoetisus.com/products/dogs/librela/ This is a miracle drug that pretty much instantly changed both my (older) dogs' lives. Every vet tech I've spoken to (it's a monthly injection) agrees it is amazing.

Librela gave us another year with our old girl and allowed to her to walk again. It was absolutely life-altering for her and we're forever greatful for the extra time we had with her because of it. Some are saying it's not a miracle drug but honestly, a monthly injection that gave us back our girl for a year is 100% a miracle to me.

Re: Anti-aging drug for dogs moves closer to gaining FDA approval

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Post by [deleted] »

idopmstuff wrote: post #10
fallingknife wrote: post #7

Do we really need to be using up government resources doing drug approvals for dogs? It takes so long to get human drugs approved. Let's use the resources there and let the market sort out what works for animals.

How would you let the market sort out what works in terms of life-extension drugs? How would you measure that without well-structured trials? People love their dogs and are willing to spend large amounts of money on them - how do you prevent people from selling them snake oil? On top of that, we're talking about the first-ever drug approved solely for the purpose of life extension - yes it's in dogs, but it's a topic…

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