Baby aspirin is fine for a smaller dog but for arthritis. But to really
give relief the dog needs seen by a vet for a proper diagnosis and
medication prescribed. Sometimes aspirin will work in mild cases of
arthritis but for a real quality of life often the prescription meds are the
way to go. Barney had really bad arthritis and took both Rimadyl and
Deramaxx for years without problems. Without the medications I would have
had to put him asleep long before he passed away from cancer. With the
medications he lived a very comfortable five years before passing away from
mast cell cancer at the age of 12.

Celeste

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Hello ,

I have a 12 year old Collie/Golden and he is whimpering and squeaking
all the time now. I assume he is in pain and I know he has arthritis.
Are there any over the counter pain relief medications I can give
him?
I am aware that Tylenol is dangerous what about other suggestions?
What dog medications have shown noticeable results for your dogs?

Thanks


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There are many good pain relievers for dogs, but I think they are all
prescription. Even OTC pain relief you must be careful with, because
your
dog can't tell you when it's not feeling well and they have caused
problems. Before starting any kind of pain relief, your dog needs a
complete workup to determine if there are other underlying conditions,
and
then tailor a program for your dog. It might be something as OTC the
glucosamine. But I wouldn't do asprin, tylenol, Nuprin can kill, so
can
Aleve. Once on a regular pain reliever, your dog will need to have
regular
scheduled visits and tests to see how his body is reacting.. I had a
medication that was working beyond my wildest dreams, only to have the
dog
pull blood work, and pull him off the medicine, because the medicine
was
known to cause renal failure in certain sensitive dogs. Although it's
rare,
and i saw only wonderful results, the blood work showed otherwise. He
was
in renal failure. But changing his medications resulted in a bit less
positive results arthritis-wise, but his renal failure reversed,
because he
was caught early enough. Unfortunately, what was REALLY causing his
pain,
ended up being cancer that killed him.
But the above illustration is exactly why your dog needs a total
work-up
and monitoring.
Glucosamine/Chondroitin has had slow but positive results over a long
period of time.
And it's OTC.

When my sheltie was hit by a car I wouldn't let the vet give him any
perscription meds for pain because the breed is very sensitive to meds
(I wasn't sure how much experience the vet had with shelties). I asked
him what I could do for him at home and he recommended I give him baby
aspirin.. He was given two a day one in the morning and one at supper
time. They did the job for him (he had a closed head injury)


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Summer Magic