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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For Bud and Synthia – Apologies for taking so long to
reply, I’m on Digest and about ¼ of them just never show up. Anyway, my
Dachshund, Abby, was diagnosed with a 3-4 heart murmur when she was about 8
years old. She lived to be 13, which is a pretty good age, even for a
Dachshund. The one thing I would definitely start giving Bud (besides the
prescription medications from the Vet, of course) is Co-Enzyme Q-10. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>CoQ-10 is great for anyone (people or animals) who has heart
problems because it strengthens the heart muscle so that it can pump better,
which helps keep fluid from collecting around the heart ( which is congestive
heart failure). This is what you have to watch for, eventually heart murmurs
get worse and turn into congestive heart failure. I was never overly
scientific about how much I gave Abby, I’d buy the oil-filled gels (don’t
remember the mgs, too long ago), poke a hole in one and squeeze some out into
peanut butter and give to her twice a day. She weighed about 17 pounds. Experiment
with how much you give him, start low and keep adding until you can tell the
difference in his behavior. As long as Abby took her CoQ-10 twice a day she
did great, if I forgot to give it to her, next day she’d have a lot less
energy and would lie around and act like she didn’t feel good. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>CoQ-10 will not harm Bud in any way, it’s something
that all of us have in our bodies, but like everything else, as we age we have
less and less. I’d expect it to help him with energy and just acting
like he feels good. Statins deplete the body of CoQ-10, most doctors will
recommend anyone taking a Statin drug supplement with CoQ-10, and it’s
definitely recommended to people who have had heart attacks (like DH, who’s
had three). We’ll keep Bud in our thoughts. Good luck!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=JanieHmkBold><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:JanieHmkBold'>Anita Woodrum</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:a.woodrum@sbcglobal.net">a.woodrum@sbcglobal.net</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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