I just hope some med/vet school undertakes a serious study of it soon. I’m betting there just might be something to it, but it’s a hard sell to make without substantiated data.

http://www.petconnection.com/b.....und-three/

I certainly don’t claim it’s a panacea… they far overstated its importance in treating Kyrie on the news report!

Christie, could you post a link to any honey research you’ve found? I know it’s commonly used as a topical antibiotic/antifungal in some other countries - but when I Google it, I get a lot of pretty iffy sites. I’d love to know what sort of medical/vet research is underway.

Thanks, and congrats on Kyrie’s recovery - you both look great on TV!

To avoid skin infections, keep the dogs clean (as much as possible for dogs anyway) and when infections do occurr don’t bother trynig to treat it with pills or shots, use a topical ointment for starters. Dogs like to lick off this stuff though so you need to either keep them away from it with a neck cone or a bandage of some type. Medcial honey is fine! If obviously works but many other types of antiseptic (not antibiotic) topical treatments work too.

The entire reason we have these “super” bugs is that doctors of all sorts have “modernized” their practices to the point of using the last resorts first. The more we routinely throw antibiotics at the first sign of infection the more likely we are to come across a mutation that will survive it. Then it spreads and there is your superbug - of your own collective making.

Now a vet might want to use and antibiotic in pill or shot form to prevent the possibility of blood poisoning - thats fine. But any vet that throws systemic medicines at topical illnesses is an idiot not deserving of their DVM.

Unfortunately, that is not the message that the news crew is going to get from your docs… They will get the latest hysteria du-jure while they contribute to the problem at will.

Grapefruit seed extract has a very checkered research profile. When you look only at completely pure GSE, it has minimal anti-microbial action.

Bottom line for me on these two things is that there’s nothing “holistic” about them, as they’re just another form of anti-microbial, and these two don’t have much in the way of efficacy data to back them up.

I did use, as I mentioned here and in the article, medical grade honey. It does have good research demonstrating efficacy not just as an anti-microbial in general, but specifically against resistant strains of staph, even hospital strains, which are much more difficult to combat. And it worked on stopping a recurrence of Kyrie’s infection after her third course of antibiotics.

My recommendation, which is of course subject to change as I get new information, is to culture the minute you see anything to culture, use an oral antibiotic as indicated by the culture and sensitivity testing, and use medical grade honey topically. Then do a follow-up culture to confirm the organism is eradicated.

I left this comment on your SFGate article. Since you dont always read the comments there, thought I would leave it here as well.

What about using collodial silver or Grapefruit extract? Bacteria do not become resistant to these. In your internet research has anyone used these for MRSI or MRSA infections?

These dogs do not have MRSA. They have a different bacteria that does not affect humans, MRSI.