PetAliveEaseSure-S - Dog and Cat Calming Drops - Herbal Pet Supplement to Relax and Reduce Involuntary Muscle Movements, Twitching - Care for Cats and Dogs - 59 mL

My 9 year old cat just started having seizures a few weeks ago. They last a minute or two where she shakes violently, rolls around, drools, urinates and then slowly returns to normal. After the first one, I took her to the vet and had blood work done. Everything was normal, the vet said to monitor her for now. In the meantime, I checked for natural treatments and found PetAlive EaseSure and saw all the great reviews. I started giving her some once a day: 2-3 drops mixed with water and gave it to her via a syringe. I started it 6 days ago. So far, there were 2 instances where she had a major seizure within 10 minutes of giving her the medication. Another time she had one about an hour after I gave her the medication. I can't help but think that this stuff is actually contributing to the seizures in some way. It's too co-incidental that she had seizures 2 times within 10 minutes of giving her the medication. I called the vet, and for now I'm stopping this stuff and see how she does the next few days. If she has another seizure, I guess I'll have to try the vet's solution although I prefer a natural treatment instead of the drugs they will give her.Update: 05/19/14 - I started my cat on 4mg's of Phenobarbital twice a day back in April of 2013. The seizures stopped, she only had a few minor ones the next few months. I haven't seen any signs of a seizure since July 2013. It's possible that she may have had one while I was at work but there's no way to tell (other than food bowls knocked over, etc.) When I'm home on weekends, I've never seen her show any signs. At the same time I started her on Phenobarbital, I continued with the PetAlive EaseSure because I hoped it would also help over long term. I give her 3 drops in the morning and 3 drops in the evening (mixed with water in a syringe) at the same time she gets her Phenobarbital dosage. This past December, I started decreasing her dosage of Phenobarbital to where she's now getting half the dosage (2mg's) that she started off with and so far, so good. No signs of seizures. My main concern was the long term use of Phenobarbital and possible liver damage (I also recently started giving her milk thistle to help with the liver.) I haven't been back to the vet since last year when she had her blood work checked after a few months on Phenobarbital. The vet doesn't know I decreased the dosage. I haven't decided if I'm going to try to completely wean her off the Phenobarbital or not. I would like to be able to stop it completely at some point and continue with the PetAlive EaseSure but I feel better knowing that her Phenobarbital dosage is half of what it used to be and I have to wonder if the PetAlive EaseSure is also helping. I'm bumping the review up to 3 stars and I'll update this review later if there is any news to report.Update: 06/13/15 - No signs of seizures in almost 2 years (since July 2013) - I'm weaning her off the Phenobarbital. To clarify, the prescription bottle says "Phenobarbital 16.2mg - 30 tablets) - the Vet had told me to give her 1/4th a pill twice a day, so that was about 4mg in the morning and 4mg in the evening. Since that time, I've slowly weaned her almost off the Phenobarbital. I'm currently giving her 1/8 a pill (2mg) once every 3 days, which is basically nothing. I don't think my Vet would agree with this but I'm doing what I think is best for my cat. Phenobarbital will damage her liver over time. I've also been giving her 3 drops of PetAlive EaseSure once a day, mixed with water in a syringe. Once I stop the Phenobarbital (probably pretty soon) I will continue to give her the PetAlive EaseSure. I feel confident that the PetAlive EaseSure is helping and I'm bumping the review up to 4 stars. I will give another update in the future and if everything continues to go well after I stop the Phenobarbital, I will probably bump up the review to 5 stars. I'm attaching a picture of my cat, hopefully she will remain healthy for a long, long time.Update: 06/21/16 - Cat is doing fine, still no signs of seizures since July 2013. I'm still giving her the same low dosage of phenobarbital that I was giving here a year ago and she still gets her 3 daily drops of PetAlive EaseSure. I sometimes miss a day here and there because she runs and hides when I mix in some milk thistle which she doesn't like. I spoke with the vet last year when I took her in for a checkup and he's aware that I am weaning her off the phenobarbital. Actually, she probably should have been off of it by now but I'm taking it slow. I'll continue with the PetAlive EaseSure probably for a long time. I'm also going to bump it up to 5 stars. Hopefully things will continue the way they have been.Update: 10/03/16 - Cat just had blood work and checkup done. She's doing fine and the vet said that her phenobarbital levels were so low in her blood that I could go ahead and stop it. As I mentioned in previous updates, I've been slowly weaning her off the phenobarbital since she hasn't had a seizure in over 3 years. I stopped the phenobarbital a little over a week ago but I'm still going to continue with the PetAlive EaseSure probably for the rest of her life. I still have some phenobarbital on hand in case the seizures start again but I'm hopeful that they won't. I'll continue to periodically provide updates on her.Update: 04/08/17 - Cat is still doing great, no signs of seizures in almost 4 years. She's been completely off Phenobarbital since October 2016 after slowly weaning her off over a few years. I just purchased a new bottle of this product but noticed that it's called "PetAlive EaseSure-S" instead of just "PetAlive EaseSure" - even though the picture on Amazon is still showing the old bottle. After some researching, I contacted the manufacturer and found out that the old formula has been split into 2 different products: PetAlive EaseSure-S and PetAlive EaseSure-M. Their explanation was that the "FDA asked us to separate our products that contained both herbal and homeopathic ingredients" so that's the reason for the change. They told me the EaseSure-S (herbal) should work exactly the same as the original formula. If not, I can buy both versions and combine the two to get the original formula. I just now started using the EaseSure-S so I figured it was a good time to give an update. So, going forward, my cat will now get the EaseSure-S formula and I will continue to provide updates as needed. I'm hoping there won't be any problems. I just want people to watch out - even though the Amazon listing continues to show the old formula, if you order at this time you will more than likely get the EaseSure-S version. You know it's funny, as I sit here typing this update, my cat is right next to me trying to walk on the keyboard - something she loves to do. I guess she wants to proof read it before I send it!Update - 09/03/18 - Cat is still doing great, she just turned 14 this year and she hasn't had any signs of a seizure in over 5 years. I've been giving her the EaseSure - S formula for over the past year and have had no issues. I give her about 2 drops/day. Either this stuff continues to work or the reason for her initial seizures is no longer affecting her. Either way, I'm going to continue giving this to her and I hope she lives a long, long time!

First let me say that I didn't buy the EaseSure-S. I bought the regular EaseSure. But when I go to my order history, it's now showing that I bought the EaseSure-S.We have an office cat that was a rescue. He is a true office cat in that he lives in the office 24/7. We are a round-the-clock business, so there is someone here to take care of him all the time. Suddenly, we started getting strange reports about his behavior from some of the people who are here in the evening or overnight. At first, we were told that sometimes he runs around like he's possessed. Then he started occasionally peeing and/or pooping on the floor. This was crazy behavior, because he had lived here for over a year and never done anything like this. And he was still using his litter box. Next, someone saw him actually have a seizure.I went online and started doing some research. I couldn't bear the thought of him having to take medications that would destroy his liver and kidneys (I've already lost two cats to kidney failure), so I started looking at EaseSure. I read the information from the manufacturer stating that it sometimes takes up to a few weeks to really start working. When I read through the scores of reviews here on Amazon, I noticed that most of the negative reviews were from people who said things like, "I tried this for two days, and my dog had another seizure! It's crap! I wish I could have my money back." But all the positive reviews were extremely positive and gave me hope for our boy.So I went ahead and ordered the drops, and when they got here, I started giving them to him right away.He does not like them. He won't eat them in his food, he won't eat them on a treat, he won't even eat "people food" if we put the drops on it. He runs away when I try to give them to him. (By the way, I've tasted it, and it's not a horrible taste.) So I started bribing him. I started giving him three cat treats (I call them his "cookies") after I give him the drops. Now he will even come to me when I tell him it's time for his drops, because he knows that afterwards I'll give him his cookies.Now the important part. Between the time I ordered the drops and the time they arrived, he had a seizure in my presence, and a few others that I didn't witness but heard about. After the drops arrived, and we started giving them to him, he had one more seizure. It was less than a week after we started the drops. When it happened, there was someone in the office, but that person didn't know it had happened. We only know because we saw the drool smeared on the floor, and he was acting all weird for a while like he always did after a seizure.Since then, as far as we know, he hasn't had another seizure. He has been a whole different cat. He's back to how he used to be, where he would go out and greet people who come in to the office, he watches the birds and lizards out the window, he asks to play... he's just his old self again from before he started having problems.The funny thing is, I can tell if he's missed a dose. I'm here five days a week to give him his drops in the morning and afternoon, and I count on someone else to do it on my days off. Recently I asked that person if she had been missing doses because he was starting to act strange again. She admitted that she wasn't always faithful about giving them to him twice a day, but said that she would start. I can tell that she has been better about it, because he doesn't act weird anymore when I come back from my days off.So yes, all in all, if your pet is having seizures I highly recommend trying this - and giving it a chance to work. Be diligent about giving it twice a day, every day (the correct amount for your pet's size), for a month, and see if you notice a difference.UPDATE: Since our cat really hated these, and we had had a change in staff, we decided to see if maybe someone had been doing something to him to cause him to have seizures (a horrible thought). We stopped giving him the drops. He did great for a while, and then he started having them again. And so much more frequently than before! The first time he had one, we started him right up on the drops again, but unfortunately he had several more before they finally stopped. We increased his dose to 4 drops three times a day (spaced out about every 8 hours or so) and they finally stopped. He hasn't had one now in a couple of months. The ONLY difference is these drops. Without them, he has seizures. With them (after he's been taking them for a while), he does not. We absolutely will not stop giving him these drops ever again!