oh it's lower than vicodin? Hmm. I have some pain meds I'm not taking anymore because the fracture splinters moved and aren't impinging my spinal cord anymore, but I suspect these may be too strong. And I haven't see them mentioned as an option. She's a good old dog -- don't wanna poison the pup-pup.
It seems like she'd be better off with something local, if there is such a thing for dogs, because as far as I can tell, she gets a sharp pain when she puts her weight on her elbow but is otherwise quite happy. Something local, but strong. I'll keep looking, and perhaps someone else has already been here. On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Yep...tramadol is commonly used. I have taken tramadol, but it didn't do > much for me hehehe. It is as about as low level of a narcotic pain > reliever > as you can get. There is a version of vicoden that has lower levels of > Tylenol (or none at al). The vocoden I take now has more vicoden and less > Tylenol...so that may be an option too. They get some of the same side > effects we do with ulcers, but If I remember correctly, that was over long > term use at the higher does. Again, Look up the sites to be sure and also > consult a vet as well. > > Here's a couple of articles... > > http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/guide/dog-pain-medications > http://www.2ndchance.info/pain.htm > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:27 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: pain meds for dogs > > > 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:346077 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
