Hi Everyone.Thought i'd fill you in on a bit of good news.
When i got my 1st Staffie pup in January 08 he had a really bad case of Demodex mange and was in a very bad way with it.From the age of 6 weeks until now i've been bathing him every 1 to 2 weeks in Aludex.(smelly stuff).I then got another Staffie pup in September 08 that was diagnosed with the same thing,so had to bath 2 dogs with the Aludex and it was a big job that killed my back!!!! Over the last month the baths haven't been working for my older Staffie Leo and he started to lose alot of hair on his head, i was at my wits end and thought that this would never go away.
I made an appointment to see our vet for skin srapes etc.
When we got there she said that she didn't want to waste my money by doing the scrapes as she could see that his Demodex had taken hold again.She left the room with a big smile on her face saying that she had something to show me!!!!!!
She came back a few seconds later with this leaflet in her hand.
She had just come back from America,she had been to a new drug seminar.In the leaflet there were before and after photo's of dogs with Demodex that had been treated with a new drug called ProMeris Duo.It has just been licensed in the uk but wasn't out for general use yet but she would call the manufacturer and see what she could do for us. 2 days later she called me to say that she had managed to get hold of the ProMeris and it would be there the following day.
I went to collect it and i put it on the dogs the same day.24 hours later Leos skin was nowhere as pink as it had been.I'm sooo excited and i really hope that this works.All it is is a spot on treatment that you use once a month.No more Advocate and no more smelly baths for us.
Keep your fingers crossed for us and i'll give you an up date soon.
Take care all.Sam.

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