The treatment of a cirrhotic dog with Octreotide, a somatostatin analog, that should lower glucagon levels has been proposed. Cirrhosis is secondary to phenobarbital treatment over extended periods to control epilepsy.
the article (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3164.2009.00876.x/full) is a report on a dog with a pancreatic glucagonoma. Our vet is proposing the treatment for a cyrrhotic dog with necrolytic migratory erythema.