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Hi!
One of my cats, with pretty bad upper respiratory issues due to herpes, has been on Enisyl Lysine (goo form) for ages. But, my other cats occasionally get the herpes sneezies too, and the goo is messy and expensive, so I'm looking into powder options to mix into their food.
My vet is recommending Viralys (https://www.vetoquinolusa.com/content/viralys). I'm just wondering if there's any actual difference between that and the lysine powder I can get on Amazon without a prescription, that's about 6x cheaper.
The only difference I can see is that the Amazon stuff is L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, and the prescription stuff is L-Lysine Hydrochloride, but I don't know what that actually means.
The prescription stuff also has a whole lot of other ingredients to, I guess, make it more palatable, but maybe has other benefits?
Inactive Ingredients: Brewer's Dried Yeast, Hydrolyzed Fish (enzymatic), Hydrolyzed Poultry Liver (enzymatic), Mixed Tocopherols (a preservative), Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Sulfate.
I'd prefer to support my vet rather than Amazon, but at 6x the price, I'd like to know there's actual benefits to the prescription stuff.
One of my cats, with pretty bad upper respiratory issues due to herpes, has been on Enisyl Lysine (goo form) for ages. But, my other cats occasionally get the herpes sneezies too, and the goo is messy and expensive, so I'm looking into powder options to mix into their food.
My vet is recommending Viralys (https://www.vetoquinolusa.com/content/viralys). I'm just wondering if there's any actual difference between that and the lysine powder I can get on Amazon without a prescription, that's about 6x cheaper.
The only difference I can see is that the Amazon stuff is L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, and the prescription stuff is L-Lysine Hydrochloride, but I don't know what that actually means.
The prescription stuff also has a whole lot of other ingredients to, I guess, make it more palatable, but maybe has other benefits?
Inactive Ingredients: Brewer's Dried Yeast, Hydrolyzed Fish (enzymatic), Hydrolyzed Poultry Liver (enzymatic), Mixed Tocopherols (a preservative), Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Sulfate.
I'd prefer to support my vet rather than Amazon, but at 6x the price, I'd like to know there's actual benefits to the prescription stuff.