Zylkene: anti stress supplement

[Maddiesmum]

It did seem to help Charlie at first but doesn't seem to anymore.  However my vet says they have had good results with some cats and Jess seems to have done really well on it.  I suppose it is like everything else, worth a try but each cat is different

[Millys Mum]

I didnt find it much good tbh

[swampmaxmum]

I've tried an extra 1/2 at night a couple of times, on the vet's ok. It seemed to be ok. I'm not sure if the dose is inflexible as it's not a drug but a supplement (?). There are no negative reports are there, just positive and some people who say it didn't work, not that it caused problems. Works a lot better than valerian and skullcap with Swampy anyhow.

[Leanne]

We saw no side effects at all with it. But we never increased the dose, Jess has only ever had 75mg a day.

[swampmaxmum]

that's interesting, that you took part in a trial. Did you come across any side effects, say if the dose is upped a bit?

[Leanne]

Thanks for this Swampmaxmum.

I too can vouch for Zylkene, we were involved in trialling it when it first came to the UK, our case studies are now used to encourage vets to use it in similar cases to Jess's.

[swampmaxmum]

there are lots of stress related probs on this site, so thought I'd post this which I've just seen while ordering more Zylkene for Swampy  - it helps him. From my time in France, I know the vets there favour anti stress products (normally herbal or like this one, a supplement made in France). It seems that the clinical trials were positive too. HTH others.

http://www.journalvetbehavior.com/article/S1558-7878(07)00039-1/abstract