Tramadol. We brought our dog through 2 rounds of chemo (madison gold protocol) and an intussusception surgery and recovery with it. He made it 2 years and was a 5%er. Bronco was a real trooper.
On 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:346082 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
