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Is anyone familiar or their dog had collage injections to help prevent urinary incontinence?
My dog has urinary incontinence due to weakened urinary meatus at the ureter. We were told she could have the collagen injection into this area to plump it up but would only last 12 -15 months. and it doesn’t always work.
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#2 written by Rosalie 2 years ago
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#4 written by tlctreecare 2 years ago
I have never heard of having an injection done to correct this probelm.
I know several people who treat their dogs with meds for it.
There are two types of meds. One Proion which is phenylpropalamine and the other is DES which is a hormone.
Never heard about a collagen injection. Would be nice if it worked and depending on the cost versus the time it works for not sure what i would do. - Comment Feed for this Post
Just because of the cost, I would try the PPA or hormones first (they show a higher success rate). Here’s is a link to the complications associated with the injections.
Also, it must be pretty expensive, here is another link to a study which will pay up to $650.00 for the procedure and an additional $100.00 for filling out a questionaire after completion.
http://cache.search.yahoo-ht2.akadns.net/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=collagen+injection+urinary+incontinence+dog&fr=ieas-tb&u=www.vet.purdue.edu/urinaryincontinencestudy/ownerinfo.pdf&w=collagen+injection+injections+urinary+incontinence+dog+dogging+dogs&d=FSKUdC72RDka&icp=1&.intl=us
http://cache.search.yahoo-ht2.akadns.net/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=collagen+injection+urinary+incontinence+dog&fr=slv8-fp&u=www.vet.purdue.edu/urinaryincontinencestudy/informedconsentfinal.pdf&w=collagen+injection+injections+urinary+incontinence+dog+dogging+dogs&d=Wrc4-i72Q9fX&icp=1&.intl=us