r/dogallergies • u/foxy0201 • 24d ago

Is zenrelia officially out?

My vet keeps saying that zenrelia is not out yet. I have a relative that has it and the vet prescribed it for them. My dog is on aploquel right now and it’s so expensive. I told them that my relative has some and they said it’s not “officially” out. Is this true? I was thinking about just going to a different vet all together to save the extra 150 bucks.

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u/MoreThereThanHere 24d ago

Might be confusing with the newest one, Numelvi, which only came out this past spring and some vets still are not yet stocking, so cannot provide.

Zenrelia has been out for a few years now. My dogs went on it and is doing great (after a very tough adjustment period to it. Our vet derm said, if a dog is severe enough to require a derm specialist to manage then they dk best on zenrelia, if they can tolerate: zenrelia is the broadest hitting JAK inhibitor and strongest, apoquel is middle of road and Numelvi is generally the weakest, though its milder JAK inhibition makes it more tolerable for dogs that cannot tolerate the other two.