‘blood Was Just Pouring Out Of Him’: Company Issues Warning After Pet Pills Sicken Maine Dog

PORTLAND, Maine — Nutramax, the maker of popular nutritional supplements for pets, says counterfeiters are selling fraudulent products online under the company’s name. Nutramax Laboratories and Nutramax Laboratories Veterinary Sciences filed a lawsuit in federal court on July 20 seeking damages and injunctive relief. It names more than a dozen individuals and companies as defendants and calls the knock-off drugs a serious threat. A spokesperson for Nutramax said the affected products are Cosequin, Dasuquin and Proviable DC, all of which were being sold by unauthorized third parties under names including Pegato Big Save and Pets Care Center on the retail website Amazon. [Veterinarians seek permission to research pot meds for pets] Danice Jacobson of Portland said she bought the product and it made her service dog, Riley, deathly ill. Jacobson suffers from severe rheumatoid arthritis and said the sheltie can open doors for her, plus retrieve the mail and anything that gets dropped on the floor. “It allows me to live independently and not be at the mercy of others,” she said. Except Riley hasn’t been himself lately. “It’s frustrating and maddening to see him languish,” said Jacobson. Jacobson said the supplement meant to help his digestion instead hurt him, with bloody diarrhea for days. “Literally blood was just pouring out of him,” she said.