Replies on Apoquel : Dog Drug With a Dark Side - Homeopath Vet

I am so sorry you lost your dear Maxwell. Thank you for sharing your experience and thereby allowing him to save other dogs’ lives (possibly mine).

I just had to put my dog down, it killing me,and to find out that it was probably the apoquel that did it, makes me feel like I did it

Hi
Your story really touched my heart and I too have a dog(rescue) labrador, who came to me with £300 months vet bills mainly apoquel 16mg
I've had him 5 months and he's had a period of 5 weeks prior to his 1st vet visit without any meds and I wouldn't have taken him to a vet for the conditions he's listed to have!
Is apoquel really that bad? I'm only learning this today
Please feel free to email me
Kind regards
Andrea
Cottrella249 at gmail dot com

My 7 year old German shepherd was prescribed Apoquel for skin allergies. I am usually very wary of all pharmaceutical drugs, but stupidly gave this drug to him because my Veterinarian said it was "safer than Prednisone." 5 months later he had to have a splenectomy. Two months after that, he died of hemangioma sarcoma. Before Apoquel, he was healthy and his bloodwork was perfect. Aside from allergy, he was an active, happy dog. I didn't know this until recently, but he was misdiagnosed by the Vet as having contact dermatitis and suspected allergy to chicken. Turns out he had Malassezia.

I'm 100% convinced Apoquel killed my dog. I am riddled with guilt for recklessly giving him that drug. I'll go to my grave regretting that. ????