A nutritional supplement for cats & dogs containing Taurine Tyrosine Magnesium Zinc & Vitamin B compounds that help to maintain a healthy nervous system. Nutritional supplementing is important for animals with epilepsy EPITAUR 500 is formulated to provide optimum levels of specific deficient nutrients that are normally associated in epilepsy. High concentrations of taurine are found in the central nervous system taurine is an essential building block for all other amino acids. Taurine has a protective effect on the brain particulary if the brain is dehydrated. In the nutritional world taurine is used in cases of anxiety epilepsy hyperactivity poor brain function & most importantly seizures. In young healthy animals taurine is found in concentrations up to four times greater in the brain than in those of older animals. It may be that a deficiency of taurine in the developing brain is involved in seizures.