On Jan 7, 1:06*pm, Robin Nuttall wrote:
elegy wrote:
all of our dog surgeries at work start rimadyl the day before coming
in for surgery (provided they don't have any significant health issues
that would make rimadyl contraindicated for them). occasionally we'll
see gastro-intestinal upset from it, but that resolves with stopping
the medication. we've never seen a serious side-effect. and it
definitely makes a difference in their pain levels, which is the
bottom line.

Rimadyl has helped millions of dogs. Dreamer, who had wobblers, took it
daily for years and years. Never a problem. Ever. Some dogs do have
effects from it. Labs seem to be more susceptible than some others.
OTOH, a friend of mine tried Etogesic, the supposedly "much safer" drug
for her lab. It left her with dry-eye which lasted the rest of her life.
Almost all of the new pain relievers are some sort of NSAID, and all can
have side effects. There's no such thing as a medication without side
effects, including "all natural" stuff that I'm sure Chard thinks is the
only answer. After all, if a medicine had no effects, it wouldn't' work.

there seems to be some problems with it with Newfs too. espcially
black newfs.