Epakitin - 60 grams

Our ckd cat refuses to eat low phosphorus foods so this product helps him continue to eat his fave. Using this with a couple of other products has brought him back from the brink. He’s regained appetite and weight. We are so thankful. Highly recommend.

My cat Jazz was diagnosed with kidney failure one year and three months ago. The vet started him on Epakitin right away, and it has helped him very much. He refuses to eat the kd foods so using a phosphorus binder is very important. He also takes Aluminum Hydroxide powder, which is another phosphorus binder, the vet said to use both because they both have different benefits. He gets daily fluid treatments and takes Azodyl as well. The Epakitin does work, his phosphorus levels steadily dropped after he started taking it. We're just trying to do everything we can to help him, and the Epakitin is a very important part of his treatment. He almost died after he was diagnosed, and the vet didn't have much hope. Here we are over a year later, and Jazz is doing great, thanks in part to this medication. I definitely recommend it. If your pet was just diagnosed, don't lose hope, there's still a chance for them to live a good life. Edit- My cat Jazz lived for three years after his diagnosis, and they were three wonderful years. This medication and the others he took kept him as healthy and happy as he could be, and helped him live longer. Unfortunately there is no reversing kidney failure, you can only try to slow it down and treat the symptoms. I just want people to know that with the right vet and treatment plan your pet still has a chance. This medication is definitely worth a try.

I have a 2 year old tabby. He wasn't acting like himself. Vet said his blood work showed Phosphorus at 30 should be < 7.5!! HIs BUN was high over 300 too. They suggested I put him down as he was in Renal failure. I decided to take him home flush with fluids 2xs a day 100 in am 50 pm for a week. His appetite slowly came back with BeechNut Natural Beef flavor baby food jar sometimes thinned out with a little water. I started adding Epakitin to his food as directed for a 6# cat which was half the scoop with am meal other half pm. I also added a little for any snacks as he needs to gain weight. Some days I give him more than one scoop depends. This was in January 22. I haven't gotten his blood tested again yet b/c he's hasn't gained enough weight but at least he's eating and acting more like himself again. We're not out of the woods as you know Kidney disease in cats a tough one to maintain. But we have a little more time with him and he's not complaining either! My 15yo cat is pre-kidney disease so he gets a small sprinkle on his wet food as a pre-emptive strike against CKD. I don't think the cats can taste it so it goes well with any food just mix well. Avoid dry food if your cat has CKD. Good luck! Ok so a quick update here since I forgot to mention some other things I did to help him. So, a year later (Jan 23) my cats is fine! Eats and drinks regularly! Gained weight back! The appetite stimulate prescribed called Mirataz was awful and made him more wired and but could not eat. This is the 2nd cat that Mirataz transdermal did NOT work at all for. Vet suggested another med that works on different pathways its called Ondanesetron. I knew I could not pill him so I asked if it could be compounded. BTW they can compound just about anything. I got the script filled at a local pharmacy. Within minutes of giving this to him orally thru a syringe he was looking for food. And that is how I got the Epakitin in him. I don't give him Epakitin anymore unless he starts withdrawing. Epakitin will get those high numbers down! Hope this helps you with your baby!

Back in Sept of 2021 I found this through some internet research because my vet at the time had no real alternatives other than changing to specific food but she wouldn't even sniff that stuff. She hadn't eaten in somewhere around a week and was only drinking water. The day before this and the azodyl showed up she wasn't even drinking water. So I got one of those oral syringes and gave her basically a tablespoon or so of water roughly every hour. And thankfully my intuition paid off. By the end of the day she was drinking water on her own again. After giving her this product combined with azodyl for 2 or 3 days she started eating again. Because of the illness she had become such a picky eater that I ended up using the mouth syringe option mixing it with water twice a day with her wrapped in a towel. This stuff worked absolutely great for her. The only trouble was that she was more suspectable to infections that her body couldn't fight off because of the kidney disease. I put her in the hospital one time. And she came out fine. That was the only hospital stay I could afford though. But we somehow got more connected and close the last 6 months before her next infection than we had in the past years and I am so glad I did it because it was the best and we loved each other more than ever. She was about a month shy of 17 when I had to say goodbye to her in January of 2024. With the help of this product and the azodyl I got just shy of 2.5 more years with her after her initial diagnosis. She was just borderline on her blood test numbers by the way but didn't do well without some help. I am so glad that I got the extra time with her. Her name was Georgetta and she was a very beautiful soul and now one of my guardian angels.

The bottle is deeper than the product and as you use it the stem of the plastic scoop is too short for the contents. The company should add more length to the dispenser .. not sure why they use such a large container for so little product and such a short "scoop" making it difficult to product out of the container. A short and more rounded container would be more appropriate. Perhaps they use the larger bottle to try & justify the price & look like more product is there. It is a good product for the cat that has Kidney issues. I recommend it regardless of this inconvenience.

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Great product that works. Arrived quickly. Will buy again.

My cat is definitely feeling better after a few days on this product.

Producto para ayuda al riñon, a mi perro le ha funcionado muy bien, se tiene que combinar con el Azodyl. A mi perrito le ayudo mucho.

Increíble producto, mi pug va para un año que no tiene problemas de vías urinarias ni nefritis