Good morning to you this Tuesday!

The decision to supplement or not is a good question.

1. If your dog/cat has no health issues, then you may not need anything.

2. If they have chronic, recurring health problems, clearly you should be looking at supplements.

My supplements have helped thousands of dogs and cats.

You can see all the positive comments here:

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FDA clamping down on 'dangerous' pet supplements
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The FDA is now going to make it much for difficult for you to purchase nutritional supplements for your dogs and cats- UNLESS of course they are sold exclusively through veterinarians.

Here are sections of the draft policy:


September 10, 2012

Today, FDA is announcing the availability of a draft compliance policy guide (CPG) entitled, “Labeling and Marketing of Nutritional Products Intended for Use to Diagnose, Cure, Mitigate, Treat or Prevent Disease in Dogs and Cats.” The CPG provides guidance to FDA staff and industry on how FDA intends to use its enforcement discretion with regard to the labeling and marketing of these therapeutic diets.

Recently, FDA has observed an increase in marketing directly to pet owners over the internet and in supermarkets or pet stores. This shift in marketing directly to pet owners without veterinary direction, concerns FDA because these products are formulated for specific needs and may not be tolerated by all animals.

FDA does not generally intend to recommend or initiate regulatory actions against dog and cat food products that are labeled and/or marketed as intended for use to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent diseases and to provide nutrients in support of meeting the animal’s total daily nutrient requirements when all the following
factors are present.

Here are the the BIGGEST ones:

Specifically:

(1) Manufacturers make the products
available to the public only through
licensed veterinarians or through retail
or Internet sales to individuals
purchasing the product under the
direction of a veterinarian;

(2) manufacturers do not market such
products as alternatives to approved
new animal drugs;

(6) manufacturers limit distribution of
material with any disease claims for
such products only to veterinary
professionals;

(7) manufacturers secure
electronic resources for the
dissemination of labeling information
and promotional materials such that
they are available only to veterinary
professionals



Heal Your Pet At Home!

Best Wishes,

Dr Andrew Jones, DVM



P.S. Specifically, a pet supplement company can manufacturer a 'nutritional product' that can claim to:

"diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent diseases", and not be subjected to any FDA action so long as it is sold through a veterinarian.

There can be NO claim that it is an alternative to a conventional drug.

Great.

Good to see that the FDA is really concerned about the health of our nations pets.

Firstly do you really think that most veterinarians are fully informed about the array of pet supplements, and can clearly communicate this to clients?

That somehow makes it 'safer'?

I can relate from my own experiences in veterinary practice, that I was given virtually zero training on nutrition, and health supplements- in fact most of my nutritional CE ( continuing education) came from the food/drug representatives...


Secondly think about just how often your own veterinarian fully informs you of the potential side effects of ANY conventional medication your dog/cat is on.

Were you told of the small percent of cats that develop vaccine induced sarcomas ( skin cancer) prior to vaccines?

Or how about the incidence of liver disease or kidney disease as a result of NSAIDS ( Non Steroidal Anti-inflammatories)?

Just because it is sold at your veterinarian, doesn't mean you are being fully informed.

Thirdly, who do you think is driving this legislation? Perhaps industry, such as large pharmaceutical companies, and veterinary organizations..




P.P.S. The 'health claim' I'll make is that there are clearly specific nutritional products that are beneficial for certain pets.

Such as glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM for joint support.

But you need to be aware of the amount of specific ingredients.

For instance while I was in veterinary practice, I sold a un-named veterinary joint supplement with glucosamine and chondroitin.

It appeard to work fairly well, although many dogs didn't respond.

Until I educated myself on specific levels of the nutrients required to be beneficial. I found that the supplement in question had a tiny amount of chondroitin
(30mg) per dose, and should have had 250mg per dose to be more consistently effective. ( a 2:1 ratio of glucosamine to chondroitin)

But chondroitin is a more expensive ingredient, and some supplement manufacturers realize that just by having it in the bottle, you can claim that it's there- whether it's going to help or not.

My supplements, Ultimate Canine and Ultimate Feline have glucosamine and chondroitin in a 2:1 ratio. The result means it costs me more to make them, but I find they get better results.


If you have yet to try a bottle, you can get a 50% OFF trial here:


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DISCLAIMER: This information is for educational purposes only and
is not intended to replace the advice of your own veterinarian.
Dr Andrew Jones resigned from the College of Veterinarians of
B.C. effective December 1 2010, meaning he cannot answer specific
questions about your pet's medical issues or make specific
medical recommendations for your pet.


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