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05-26-2022, 03:24 PM
I have had two cases of Urinary Calculi and know a little bit about the different treatment options. Both of my boys were (so far, knock on wood, over a year later) saved. They both went through more than one procedure but here is my understanding of the medications mentioned in this post.
Acepromazine and Midazolam are used as a sedative. Does it have some effect of relaxing the urinary tract.... probably some but administering it, by itself as a "treatment" for UC is highly unlikely to be successful unless the stones are very small (I know, they are all "small" but there are some that are tiny and some that are two or three times the size of the diameter of most urethras on a goat so relaxing the urethra a little bit is not likely to allow a big stone to pass.)
Phenazopyridine can be purchased over the counter at your local pharmacy. It is used to treat urinary tract symptomatic relief of pain or discomfort during urination. It doesn't "treat" UC it helps with pain and irritation resulting from either a stone that was successfully passed out the urethra or surgical procedures that inflame the lining of the urethra.
I am 100% confident that my two boys would not be here today if this was the only treatment they underwent. I have the stones that were collected and there is no way that whatever relaxing the medications given would be enough to allow them to pass the over 100 "BB" like stones in their bladders including several that were in the 3-6 mm or larger range.
It is always good to have options for things to help ease our boys pain but in my opinion this is not a realistic treatment for UC in the vast majority of cases. That said, I'm PROFOUNDLY happy that the protocol you used helped your boy and that he is doing well.
Acepromazine and Midazolam are used as a sedative. Does it have some effect of relaxing the urinary tract.... probably some but administering it, by itself as a "treatment" for UC is highly unlikely to be successful unless the stones are very small (I know, they are all "small" but there are some that are tiny and some that are two or three times the size of the diameter of most urethras on a goat so relaxing the urethra a little bit is not likely to allow a big stone to pass.)
Phenazopyridine can be purchased over the counter at your local pharmacy. It is used to treat urinary tract symptomatic relief of pain or discomfort during urination. It doesn't "treat" UC it helps with pain and irritation resulting from either a stone that was successfully passed out the urethra or surgical procedures that inflame the lining of the urethra.
I am 100% confident that my two boys would not be here today if this was the only treatment they underwent. I have the stones that were collected and there is no way that whatever relaxing the medications given would be enough to allow them to pass the over 100 "BB" like stones in their bladders including several that were in the 3-6 mm or larger range.
It is always good to have options for things to help ease our boys pain but in my opinion this is not a realistic treatment for UC in the vast majority of cases. That said, I'm PROFOUNDLY happy that the protocol you used helped your boy and that he is doing well.