Best Use of Products
Dosing Guidelines (see below)
Vet Immune – Professional Red Label
Best Use: Serious, Debilitated, Advanced Disease
Indications: Benign and Malignant Tumors, Viral Systemic Fungal, and Immune Disorders.
Complete+ Immune Support Green Label
Best Use: Growth, Geriatric, General Health
Indications: Bacterial, General Wellness, Growth Stages, and Immune Disorders.
Vet Immune P Powder
Blue Label
Best Use: Bruising, Trauma, Arthritis
General Health & Wellness
Wellness of Adults, Puppies, and Kittens
Offer Complete+ Immune Support – 1 tablet per 25-50 lbs. daily.
Start at 4 to 6 weeks of age to promote healthy growth patterns, enhance vaccine-induced antibody protection, and improve resistance to intestinal parasites.
Geriatric Dogs and Cats
Use Complete+ Immune Support – 1 tablet per 25 lbs. daily for the patient who is starting to show loss of vigor, unthrifty hair coat, early arthritis symptoms, and aging lenses. Complete+ Immune Support also provides significant immune support.
Arthritic Dogs and Cats
Give Vet Immune P Tabs or Complete+ Immune Support – 1 tablet per 25 lbs. daily.
Vet Immune P Tabs provide moderate immune support for patients with more advanced arthritis or as a good option for NSAIDS therapy.
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Vet Immune Professional Tabs$164.75
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Complete+ Immune Support Powder$77.00
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Vet Immune Professional Powder$158.50
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Vet Immune P Powder$95.00
These dosing guidelines and suggestions were written by veterinarians who were clinically using these products.
The guidelines and suggestions are intended to provide general guidelines for using Veterinary Immune products for Canine and Feline animals. The FDA has not evaluated these statements. These products are not intended to treat, cure, or prevent disease.
Viral Conditions
Respiratory, Ophthalmic, and Enteric (acute or chronic)
Administer Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs – 1 tablet per 20 lbs. daily.
Start early during illness as standalone therapy (allow 5-7 days) or adjunctive therapy to your normal protocols. Our observations are that Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs tend to help quicken the response to therapy, shorten the illness, and lessen the likelihood of recurrence.
Consider for: Canine Parvovirus, Canine Tracheobronchitis, Feline Conjunctivitis/URI, Feline Stomatitis/Gingivitis, and Feline Distemper.
Pulse therapy. If the patient responds in the first week, then the patient can dose once or twice weekly until resolved.
You can use Complete+ Immune Support at higher doses.
Bacterial Conditions
Dermal, Respiratory, and Enteric (acute or chronic)
Give Complete+ Immune Support – 1 tablet per 25 lbs. daily.
Start early during illness as standalone therapy (allow 7-10 days) or adjunctive therapy to your normal protocols. Our experiences are that Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs aim to help accelerate the response to therapy, reduce the time of illness, and decrease the probability of recurrence.
Consider for Pneumonias, Pyodermas, Otis Externa, Sinusitis, Acute and Chronic Entero-Colitis, and Chronic Interdigital Furunculosis.
Double the dose for more severe conditions, or switch to Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs.
Diabetes
Canine and Feline: Start with Complete+ Immune Support – 1 tablet per 25 lbs. daily.
Initiate traditional insulin therapy and appropriate dietary measures.
Demodicosis
Immune supplementation is safe to use with traditional anti-demodex and antibiotic therapy. We often see an improved response to traditional therapy because we’re helping the patient’s immune response capabilities.
Canine, simple or localized: Use Complete+ Immune Support – 1 tablet per 25 lbs. daily until cleared (allow 3 to 4 weeks). Administer antibiotics as indicated and adjust or alter therapy if not responding.
Canine, generalized or chronic: Initiate appropriate anti-demodex and antibiotic therapy. Prescribe Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs – 1 tablet per 20 lbs. daily.
Feline Demodex: Initiate appropriate anti-demodex and antibiotic therapy. Offer Complete+ Immune Support – 1 tablet per 25 lbs. daily.
Fungal Infections
Dermal and Systemic
Immune supplementation is safe to use with topical or systemic anti-fungal therapies. These patients are assumed to be clinically or sub-clinically immune compromised to begin with. Use immune support until clinically resolved or long-term if relapse is observed.
Dermatophytosis: Along with traditional therapy, use Complete+ Immune Support – 1 tablet per 25 lbs. daily. If not responding, double dose or switch to Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs – 1 tablet per 20 lbs. daily.
Systemic Mycoses: Along with traditional therapy, give Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs – 1 tablet per 20 lbs. daily. For serious systemic infections, administer Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs – 2 tablets per 20 lbs. daily.
FeLV and FIV
Along with traditional therapeutic and supportive care, prescribe Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs – 1 tablet per 20 lbs. daily.
Response to immune support can take weeks in these immune-compromised patients.
For patients with depressed appetites, grind tablets, and syringe feed.
Consult Ramaekers Nutrition Staff Veterinarians for other more advanced therapy options.
The goal here is to offer good nutritional support, and immune modulation, improve gut health, and enhance bone marrow health.
Tumors
General Therapy Concepts for Tumors
Use Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs for all neoplastic conditions – 1 to 2 times the label dose.
Always obtain appropriate tissue biopsy and staging.
Suggest immune supplementation prior to surgical excision, chemotherapy, or radiation to evaluate the response of THIS particular cell type in THIS individual patient in THIS particular location with THIS particular supplement.
Allow 3 weeks response time if clinical presentation permits. We assume that all patients with tumors have some degree of chronic immune incompetence.
Immune support is considered to be warranted long-term or for life.
After 6 to 8 weeks of successful therapy, consider reducing to label dose or pulse dosing 4 to 5 days per week.
Tumors
Dermal, Subcutaneous, Palpable Deep Tissue, Oral Cavity, and Rectal
Obtain appropriate tissue biopsy and precise dimensions of mass.
Allow 3 weeks to evaluate tumor response if appropriate. Proceed with traditional oncology therapies as indicated.
Often surgical excision is made easier by tumor shrinkage and tissue margin demarcation.
Tumors
Systemic, Body Cavity, Intra-organ, and Metastatic
The same basic immune support concepts apply, but earlier and more aggressive traditional therapies may often be warranted.
These decisions require long discussions with the owners.
Traditional multimodal therapy plans are often indicated.
Immune support is often indicated to support the patient’s general well-being, enhance patient response, and prevent recurrence if remission occurs.
Autoimmune and Immune-Mediated Conditions
Use either Complete+ Immune Support for early or mild immune conditions. For more advanced or serious immune conditions, administer Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs. Start both at label dose, working up to full dose over 7 to 10 days.
Immune support is safe to use concurrently with immune suppressive/modulating drugs.
For non-life-threatening conditions, often immune support can be evaluated as an initial mode of therapy. Allow 3 weeks for a clinical response. Monitor closely as indicated.
Consider for Immune Dermal Vasculitis, Pemphigus, Lupus-like conditions, IMHA, ITP, Polyarthritis, Lymphocytic-Plasmocytic Stomatitis, Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex.
Stress
Travel, Shows, Agility, Boarding, and Surgery
Offer Complete+ Immune Support – 1 tablet per 25 lbs. Start three days prior to, during, and after a stressful event.
FIP
Non-Effusive Form
Give Complete+ Immune Support – 1 tablet per 25 lbs. daily. Administer Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs with other traditional therapeutic and supportive care.
Feline Hyperthyroidism
Use Complete+ Immune Support — 1 tablet per 25 lbs. daily. The goal is to offer excellent immune support and nutrition to a chronically debilitated patient at risk for subclinical infections.
Ferrets
Administer either Complete+ Immune Support or Professional Vet Immune Powder and Tabs depending on the severity of the condition at a cat dosage.
Immune Support Products
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