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Originally Posted by Longblades
Atopica has been around longer than Apoquel. With it you dose once a day for a month but then you see how many days you can separate. My boy went to every second day and topped out at every third day. That brings the cost down. We also used Van-P, the Atopica is thought to be a lesser evil.
My dog is no longer on Atopica and he's not itching. I posted a long response to Zreebirt that might help you too.
http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=87215
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Atopica did nothing for us. Atopica for dogs comes in capsule form, our dog is allergic to the gelatin. We switched the Atopica for cats (liquid), the reaction wasn't as bad, but still didn't help any.
Atopica is not very cost effective. I think we were spending $350 a month, and my dog weighs 63lbs.
But again the Atopica may work great for another dog. Just not mine.
Apoquel hasn't been tested long term at our current dosage, we are currently using it "off label"