Tylenol is ok then? So far the most interesting alternative I am seeing is Tramadol, though I have not looked into price or availability yet. There seem to be a LOT of horrible side effects for NSAIDs in dogs, up to and including death, so if I'm going to spend a bunch of money on this problem I'd like it to spend it on something safe that works. Also a lot of the pain meds seem to target arthritis and she's got a tumor on one leg that isn't spreading and doesn't seem to hurt except when she lays down, which puts weight on it. Surgery isn't really an option because of her age.
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > When my dog tore a ligament in his knee, we gave him one of my vicoden > (5mg/500 mg Tylenol at the time) and that was ok. There are several sites > out there if you google dogs and pain relievers. My dog is a rotterman, > so > he is a big dog, so depending on your dog's size, the upper limits will > vary. I wish I could remember the formula I found for how much > aspirin/Tylenol was ok per pound...I think it was something like 15 mg's/ > per pound. I would look that up first as that was a few months ago. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 6:39 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: pain meds for dogs > > > Has anyone here researched this topic? I have a dog who is getting old now > that just got a prescription for Rimadyl, which costs over $200 a month and > beyond the cost seems to have some really serious risks and side effects. > Googling got me the info that when we tried aspirin we may not have been > giving her enough, so we're going to try that, but I was wondering if > anyone > here had researched this or had other suggestions or ideas. > > thanks > Dana > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346074 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
