Use of mirtazapine in the treatment of canine behaviour problems
Eighty-one percent of dogs showed behavioural improvement
Canine behaviour problems seen by speciality behavioural medicine services often involve chronic anxiety disorders that have resulted in maladaptation of the individual to its environment. Common stressors include the presence of other individuals (other dogs or people), noise and being alone. The treatment of these behavioural problems usually includes a combination of behaviour modification, environmental modification and biological therapies. Within the latter, anxiolytic drugs such as clomipramine or fluoxetine have proven useful.
In this retrospective study the authors present 32 cases that were treated with the anxiolytic drug mirtazapine, which is widely used in human medicine but has not previously been ...
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