I am just starting Nova on metronomic chemotherapy and her oncologist suggested a product called CAS Options, which I had never heard of before. Doing some research on it, it seems to me to be in many ways like K-9 Immunity , but not as expensive. The oncologist sells it for about $68 per month, but my regular vet can sell it to me for $54. Mind you, Nova is a 118# Great Dane, so a bottle would go much further with a smaller dog.  She suggested I give it twice a day, 3 tablets, with each meal.

Like K9 Immunity , key ingredients are reishi, shiitake, and maitake mushrooms. I am told that mushrooms have potent health-giving, anti-carcinogenic properties.  Ingredients of this supplement are:

Vitamin A - 1050 IU

Vitamin E (d-Alpha tocopherol) - 53 IU

Selenium - 26 mg

Reishi mushroom - 578 mg

Shiitake mushroom - 446 mg

Green tea powder - 105 mg

Vitamin C - 105 mg

Maitake mushroom - 95 mg

N-acetylcysteine - 79 mg

Coenzyme Q-10 - 1 mg

The also have a different formulation for cats.

http://www.gene.....spets.com/ (manufacturer's site)

http://www.drba.....bs.htm#cas this site says:

Scientists from the American Institute for Cancer Research recently stated that mounting scientific evidence strongly suggests a wider role for natural supplements for patients diagnosed with cancer or currently under treatment. CAC Options provides a concentrated synergistic blend of Reishi, Maitake, and Shiitake mushromms, combined with the strong antioxidants found in Coenzyme Q-10, Green Tea, and Selenium to help the immune system, reduce inflammation, and had anit-tumor effects. Recommended for dogs or cats with sarcomas, mast-cell tumors, melanomas, lymphoma, and other forms of cancer. Also recommended for pets being treated with chemo or radiation therapy.

Some CAS Options product reviews here.

(Sorry about all the cut and paste, I'm sure it will probably come through a mess in my post).

SO…. Nova's regimen will be as follows:

MORNING:

1 can of EVO canned food mixed with EVO grain-free kibble

1 capsule of Omega 3 Fish Oil concentrate (bought it at Costco) daily

1 Cytoxan (Cyclophosphamide) tablet - 25 mg EVERY OTHER DAY (this is the oral chemo pill)

1 Piroxicam (Feldene) capsule - 10 mg daily (this is an NSAID)

1 Pepcid (the human kind, supposed to help with stomach irritation from Piroxicam)

3 CAS Options tablets

EVENING:

EVO grain-free kibble

3 CAS options tablets

We are starting all this tomorrow, still waiting for the CAS options to come in at the vet, so no results to report as of yet. I will post any issues if they come up, and will let you all know how it goes.

- Sue and Nova