The liver is apparently a big concern with NSAIDs too, at least in dogs. In humans I gather they are more dangerous to the kidneys. But the choices as presented are: surgery, $2000-$8000, might kill her, vet may or may not agree to even attempt it because of her age; NSAIDs, $200+ a month, likely to kill her within 6 months (but she's 14 so maybe by then it will be time. On the other hand, tough luck if it's not.); or euthanasia now. All of these seem like overkill for occasional sharp pain though. Remember, she's fine except in the Sphinx position, which makes her yelp and shift to her side. Anyone ever hear of a home novocaine injection kit for dogs?
Shrug, I guess I'll look into the Tramadol since Gruss has tried it, unless a better idea happens along. Anyone have any suggestions for some medication I could plug into Google Scholar? On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > NSAIDs aren't good for anyone. They eat the lining out of the > stomach. I am convinced they are only marketed to increase the demand > for Prilosec and Nexium. > > Be careful with Tylenol dosing as it can kill the the liver. > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:346088 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
