Surolan is usually used as an ear medication, and a fairly common one at that. Its ingredients are far from unique, but it is often used as first line of defense precisely for that reason (before the 'big guns' are pulled out). It has the usual trifecta of a steroid, anti fungal and antibiotic found in nearly all canine ear medications, and few side effects result from the usage of this medication (though rarely some dogs react to the antibiotic in this mixture). It can, like most ear meds, be used topically on other areas of the body, but being licked off is a common result, making it a lot less effective in those situations. I have prescribed this medication hundreds of times with fairly consistent results (usually it works well to clear up most uncomplicated ear infections). I have never prescribed it for usage in other areas of the body, but I can see how it might help. I do not think I would use it frequently in areas where the dog can ingest it all, so caution with that scenario.
Has anyone used Surolan on their dogs?
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Surolan is a steroidal cream. What did you try for antihistamines? And what medicated baths are you using?
The minpin is hypothyroid, and for baths, we tried everything for his itching and alopecia including home made shampoos and everything medicated.
We started using a tea tree oil based shampoo for his baths - leave it on him for 5 minutes then rinse. Then I have a rinse water with some coconut oil and organic cocoa butter mix. It's by far the best we've found, really helps the little bugger. the coconut and cocoa butter stay on his skin and fur after towel drying - and no, there is no theobromine to worry about.
My hands get dry, skin cracks and bleeds. Found a recipe online that works well - half and half coconut oil and organic block cocoa butter melted together - let cool til slightly hard then whip it with a mixer. Little bit of peppermint essential oil and you have a chocolate mint hand cream
It works on me, figured i'd try it on the dog.
The minpin is hypothyroid, and for baths, we tried everything for his itching and alopecia including home made shampoos and everything medicated.
We started using a tea tree oil based shampoo for his baths - leave it on him for 5 minutes then rinse. Then I have a rinse water with some coconut oil and organic cocoa butter mix. It's by far the best we've found, really helps the little bugger. the coconut and cocoa butter stay on his skin and fur after towel drying - and no, there is no theobromine to worry about.
My hands get dry, skin cracks and bleeds. Found a recipe online that works well - half and half coconut oil and organic block cocoa butter melted together - let cool til slightly hard then whip it with a mixer. Little bit of peppermint essential oil and you have a chocolate mint hand cream
It works on me, figured i'd try it on the dog.
@lzrddr yeah that's what the woman said. She was prescribed for her dog's ear irritation and decided to use it on the bumps and they went away
@jagger I'm not home right now so I can't check what the shampoo is. I can't remember the name of the antihistamines but the vet did a skin scraping and determined it was some kind of allergy (DUH) and said to go on antihistamines.
I'm going to try that mix you use for your dog in the future. Thanks for sharing that!!
She went in for her spay today, the vet at the SPCA said that the bumps look like a mild bacterial infection and is going to give her some antibiotics for 14 days.
@jagger I'm not home right now so I can't check what the shampoo is. I can't remember the name of the antihistamines but the vet did a skin scraping and determined it was some kind of allergy (DUH) and said to go on antihistamines.
I'm going to try that mix you use for your dog in the future. Thanks for sharing that!!
She went in for her spay today, the vet at the SPCA said that the bumps look like a mild bacterial infection and is going to give her some antibiotics for 14 days.
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