People whose dogs have been on Reconcile

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Does the generic Prozac work as well? My vet said it does not, but she could just be trying to get me to buy the full priced version. Any first hand experiences?
 

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I've been told that some dogs do well on Reconcile, while they do not respond to the generic human Prozac.

I know of one dog at our clinic where this is true. They have to use Reconcile, or they see no effect.

I would say, try to generic. If it works, awesome. If it doesn't work, then you can take the next step and see if Reconcile does. If it doesn't, then go to a different drug entirely.
 

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Juno is on human fluoxetine, because as mentioned already, super cheap at Target. Works awesome for her - I have nothing to compare it to because it's the only thing she's ever been on, but I'd try generic first personally.

We don't even have brand name at work.
 

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Usually my vet prescribes generic. The only time he does brand name is if they need a chewable.

BUT...Gavroche responds to name-brand Soloxine and not generics, so I say it's plausible, but depends on the dog. He was on Fluoxetine (generic) over the winter and seemed to respond well. I've stopped it for the summer, and will start again in fall to see if he does his tooth-grinding thing this year or not.
 

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I'm thinking she just wants me to by it at the clinic...
One of the other vets at the clinic had her dog on the generic form, but she switched her not long before she passed on (from a completely unrelated cause)

I think I'll tell her Monday that I'll try the generic first :) (we were going to have to order the larger dose anyway)
 
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And honestly, for most things I'd be using fluoxetine for... if the generic didn't work I'd switch to another generic like clomipramine and see if THAT worked before I'd change to the name brand Reconcile. It's just so ridiculously expensive.
 

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Generic called in. It was a to-do though, as apparently the 10,20,and 40 mg capsules as well as the 10 mg tablets were on the list of $4 meds, but not the 20 mg tablets, which is what was called in. No one told the person calling in this, though, so at first it came to $200:eek: I said no thank you, and (since they wouldn't let me opt for capsules without a new prescription) texted the vet, who checked out the list and called in for capsules. However, it counted as a new prescription, so they had no idea how long it would be to be filled. So I'm grabbing them tomorrow:rolleyes:
 

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