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The following are a partial list of situations where alternatives might be considered:

• Behavior problems
  
  
• Cancer - With chemotherapy to increase energy and decrease side effects from drugs, or
  
  
• Instead of chemotherapy to increase energy and appetite and reduce pain to improve quality of life
  
  
• Chronic medication cases - to reduce or eliminate the need for conventional drugs
  
  
• Elderly pets - to increase energy and appetite to improve quality of life
  
  
• Recovering from significant illness or from surgery - to hasten recovery and healing
  
  
• Recurring conditions - ranging from allergies to lamenesses to GI problems to infections
  
  
• Orthopedic problems - lameness, pain, poor agility performance
  
  
• Stressful situations - addition of a child or pet, change in owner's work routine, death of a loved one (human or animal), moved to a new home, etc.
  
  
• Traumatic injuries
  
  
• Vaccine reactions or problems following soon after vaccination
  
  
• Warts, cysts and some other tumors to treat without surgery