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CytoPoint Is Preferable to Apoquel for Dog Itching Skin Problems

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Video on Cytopoint with Dr Erik Johnson on Youtube. 

Article on “Itchy Dogs In General” by Dr Erik Johnson

So, what is the back ground of Cytopoint?
Cytopoint is an injection. Cytopoint is made by the same company that ALSO produces an itching medicine called: Apoquel.
And because Apoquel causes health problems, some people are very nervous about using Cytopoint with their dogs because it’s the same manufacturer.
The problem with Apoquel is that it can cause cancer in more than ten percent of dogs that are on it. so it’s something people are leaving alone. ..
For very good reason. .
The same company produces Cytopoint ..It’s an injection, that you give once a month, or “as needed” for itching.
The way it works, is that it causes the dog’s body to generate an immune response to the enzymes in the body that launch an itching response. .Let me explain it better..

Let’s say that the dog’s body uses five natural, chemical enzymes to signal the skin to itch. And in fact, it does, more or less.
Those enzymes work together and each one depends on the other..
What if you could give a vaccination that causes the body to destroy one of the enzymes?.
Well that is exactly what Cytopoint does.
The Cytopoint injection causes the body to attack the enzyme that creates inflammation, and that stops the itching. And it works fast. .
And the injection lasts weeks to months. .It varies by the dog…
People ask me about the company. “How do we know the Cytopoint doesn’t cause cancer like Apoquel does?
Firstly, we don’t.
Secondly, the Cytopoint was released to the public with even fewer dogs being studied than Apoquel .

But, it’s been out there on the market for a year or more, and the literature, and the hobbyist feedback
contains no significant commentary about cancer in dogs.
In other words. Cytopoint seems to be safe.

The other attraction of Cytopoint is it’s administration.
Apoquel has to be given every day.
But Cyto-point is given less than once per month.
Like I said it’s an injection, and how long it lasts, differs from dog to dog.

One draw-back to Cytopoint is the price.
It’s much more expensive than Apoquel , and it’s incomparable to steroids which are just cheap.

So for those of you with dogs that truly suffer with itching
please consider Cytopoint.
And for those of you who are already giving Apoquel , please switch to Cytopoint until something better is invented.

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