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Old 01-13-2012, 07:35 PM   #11
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Hope it all works out for you. Sucks watching your best friend hurt.
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Old 01-13-2012, 08:25 PM   #12
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Old 01-14-2012, 12:07 AM   #13
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My vet has told us to give Manny advil before. In fact, we have doggy pain meds we keep on hand because Manfred plays HARD (as you know). He's pulled muscles playing frisbee before.
Oh I have gotten them before too but just for surgery or stitches.
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Old 01-14-2012, 11:44 AM   #14
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My vet has told us to give Manny advil before.
My vet has told us that Ibuprofen is not safe for dogs. One of my dogs has pretty bad hip displasia and the resulting arthritis. The NSAIDs we give him are from the vet and specifically for dogs.

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Naproxen and ibuprofen (Motrin) are powerful analgesics, but both have a high incidence of gastrointestinal side effects. This makes them unsuitable for long-term administration. Ibuprofen, in particular, is not recommended for dogs.
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Q: My dog has a lot of pain in the hip area. Prescribed meds help, but are so expensive. Can dogs take Ibuprofen? Can I give her the ibuprofen that I take to help her deal with her pain?

A: Can dogs take Ibuprofen? To be honest, it's not advisable.

Popular brand name drugs that contain Ibuprofen are Advil and Motrin. Ibuprofen is NOT considered safe for dogs and can in some instances be quite toxic to their kidneys, liver and gastrointestinal tract. The medications prescribed by your vet have been proven to be safe for long term use in dogs. Perhaps your veterinarian can find you an alternative medication that is both cheaper and safe for your dog.
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Old 01-14-2012, 12:12 PM   #15
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Back from the vet. I had them tak an xray of his back and all the disc are equally spaced except one spot but were not sure if thats the problem. They gave himtwo prescriptions. One is a pain pill and the other is a artritis/pain chewable.

He said to keep him lazy for a week and see what happens.

He was fine when I took him, but after the xray he was back to walking slow/limping. The tech said they had to move him about so that probablyis his back.
Dogs forget real fast about their injuries when they go to the vet. Mine strained a tendon jumping off the bed. She limped around for a whole night before I took her in the next morning. The minute she hit that vet office.... halleluja she could walk again!!!!

I kept imagining the Family Guy skit with the race horse that has a broken ankle and the farmer asks how its doing. "See I can do it"

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Old 01-14-2012, 03:44 PM   #16
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My vet has told us that Ibuprofen is not safe for dogs. One of my dogs has pretty bad hip displasia and the resulting arthritis. The NSAIDs we give him are from the vet and specifically for dogs.

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Maybe I'm thinking of aspirin. I know he told us he could take something. Like I said we have prescribed pain meds for him though that we keep on deck.
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Old 01-15-2012, 03:44 AM   #17
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Tramadol and Metacam are the most common pain relievers for animals.
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Old 01-15-2012, 10:27 AM   #18
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Tramadol and Metacam are the most common pain relievers for animals.
This.

When our Great Pyrenees had knee surgery, askmrsjesus scored some Tramadol from an online Canadian pharmacy. The scrip is actually in her name, not the dog's.

You just fill out a form online, tell them you have back pain, or something (you do have back pain, right?) and voila, you can get a bottle of the stuff for cheap. I think we paid 60 bucks for 180 tabs @50mg. each. The vet wanted more than triple that.

Check with your vet for dosage, At the start, we were giving her one every four hours, (she's 80 pounds). After she healed a bit, we reduced it to two a day. She was confined to a small pen, to keep her from running around, for three months. The Tramadol worked great, and basically kept her stoned all day. She would have gone nuts without it, as she's a very active dog.

Tramadol is approved for humans (at least in Canada...) and two with a beer works good on my knees, after a hard day's dual sporting in the woods.

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Old 01-15-2012, 11:05 AM   #19
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Vet gave him Tramadol and Rimadyl.
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Old 01-15-2012, 01:41 PM   #20
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I work in veterinary warehouse, ship out boatloads of the stuff everyday. Glad to hear the dog is on the mend.

And yes, as AMJ says, the stuff is God awful expensive.
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