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Can 5 days of dog eczema meds cure it? Are they safe for kidneys?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Male | unneutered | 3 years and 4 months old

He is suffering from skin eczema recently develop so I took him to vet and vet prescribed medicine CEPHALEXIN 600mg, TRYPSIN BROMELAIN & RUTOSIDE 238mg TRIHYDRATE , ITRACONAZOLE 200mg all medicine twice daily for 5 days so my concern is does this medication can cure eczema ? Also dog weight is 39 kg and this much of does twice daily can damage his kidney or liver or not? Is this medicine ok to cure eczema in just 5 days?

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Linda G,  MS, DVM

Answered By Linda G, MS, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on April 10th, 2019

Hello. There are all different causes of skin eczema, but if your veterinarian put you on a combination of an antibiotic & anti-fungal medication, I would guess Bruno has a pretty serious skin problem. If he does have a fungal element to his skin disease, I just do not believe 5 days is long enough to do anything at all. Sometimes, these things need to be treated for 6-8 weeks before a cure is achieved. Does Bruno have any underlying organ dysfunction. I was not familiar with the trypsin , bromelain, rutoside preparation, but I found a paper where it was used to ameliorate the course of chronic renal failure in a rat model. Without knowing the exact diagnosis of Bruno's condition I cannot comment on your veterinarian's course of action. Perhaps he is just being cautious, but in my experience, most of these skin issues do take quite a bit more time to resolve than 5 days. Stay in close contact with your vet & follow all recommendations, but the actually drug amounts that were prescribes are reasonable to use over time. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.
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