My 13 year old mixed has mild arthritis in one "knee". My vet (excellent
vet) recommended Phycox. It sounds good but expensive and I wonder if there
are any proven aids that are less costly.

Any ideas are much appreciated!

TriAdmin wrote:
My 13 year old mixed has mild arthritis in one "knee". My vet (excellent
vet) recommended Phycox. It sounds good but expensive and I wonder if there
are any proven aids that are less costly.

Any ideas are much appreciated!

We've had two dogs with fairly severe arthritis, and we treated
it with Adequan shots. Both dogs' mobility increased
tremendously after we started on the shots. One is given every
4-6 weeks (by vet or you). Our vet charged about $32/shot.
Google on Adequan for more information. I'm hoping it's approved
for humans before too long - my knees, ya know...

We also gave Deramaxx, glucosamine and msm and fish oil caps (for
omega-3 fatty acids), which probably helped, but the dramatic
improvement came with the Adequan shots, and we could see a
difference in how the dogs walked and their liveliness within a
day after each shot.

HTH -

FurPaw

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FurPaw wrote:

TriAdmin wrote:

My 13 year old mixed has mild arthritis in one "knee". My vet
(excellent vet) recommended Phycox. It sounds good but expensive and
I wonder if there are any proven aids that are less costly.

Any ideas are much appreciated!


We've had two dogs with fairly severe arthritis, and we treated it with
Adequan shots. Both dogs' mobility increased tremendously after we
started on the shots. One is given every 4-6 weeks (by vet or you).
Our vet charged about $32/shot. Google on Adequan for more information.
I'm hoping it's approved for humans before too long - my knees, ya know...

We also gave Deramaxx, glucosamine and msm and fish oil caps (for
omega-3 fatty acids), which probably helped, but the dramatic
improvement came with the Adequan shots, and we could see a difference
in how the dogs walked and their liveliness within a day after each shot.

When our BC, Scully, had her spinal stroke the orthopedic surgeon who
examined her discovered that her left hip displayed serious arthritic
changes. It had to have been hurting. We'd have never guessed without
the x-rays. No limping, no outward sign of pain. Dogs are really
stoic, so if the OP's dog is actually displaying distress he or she is
really hurting.

Upon the vet's advice we started her on Adequan injections to ease her
pain and help delay additional damage. The loading dose was two shots
per week for a month, then once per month. We give her the shots at
home. Adequan is given subcutaneously - no big deal. The vet sent her
prescription to an online pharmacy, we pay by credit card and they mail
us the drug and the syringes. Saves time, money and stress on the dog.

Kathleen wrote:

Upon the vet's advice we started her on Adequan injections to ease her
pain and help delay additional damage. The loading dose was two shots
per week for a month, then once per month. We give her the shots at
home. Adequan is given subcutaneously - no big deal.

Huh. When I had K.C. on Adequan for his hip dysplasia many many years
ago, the manufacturer's instructions were to give it I.M. I just
double-checked and those are still the instructions on the package
insert (http://www.luitpold.com/canine/education/insert.htm) but I
did find other links on the 'net indicating that other people are
also administering it sub-Q. (I'm with you - I have no problem giving
sub-Q injections or fluids, but have never worked up the courage to
do I.M. injections!)

Also FWIW, when Patience developed arthritis in her spine, the
holistic vet that did her accupuncture told me that Adequan and/or
glucosamine would do no good since the spinal joints aren't synovial
joints (i.e. they're not filled with fluid like the hip joints are.)

Just another couple of data points.

Dianne

many thanks to you all for your ideas and help!

Kathleen wrote:

Upon the vet's advice we started her on Adequan injections to ease her
pain and help delay additional damage. The loading dose was two shots
per week for a month, then once per month. We give her the shots at
home. Adequan is given subcutaneously - no big deal. The vet sent her
prescription to an online pharmacy, we pay by credit card and they mail
us the drug and the syringes. Saves time, money and stress on the dog.

We didn't use loading doses on either dog - our vet pointed to
studies that suggested they didn't make a difference. FWIW. And
our vet gave the shots IM. She offered to teach me, but I didn't
want to mess with that, especially in a Chihuahua. I figured,
better to have Chile fear the vet than fear me.

FurPaw
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The plural of anecdote is not proof.

To reply, unleash the dog.

On Aug 20, 8:55 am, "TriAdmin" wrote:
My 13 year old mixed has mild arthritis in one "knee". My vet (excellent
vet) recommended Phycox. It sounds good but expensive and I wonder if there
are any proven aids that are less costly.

Any ideas are much appreciated!

Rimadyl is not too costly and works well with my large dog
(Newfoundland) and I have also been an advocate for many years of just
plain "ascriptin", a coated aspirin, one a day, very inexpensive and
works well....this was recommended to me several years ago by a vet
that is VERY GOOD. I also had a dog that had suffered from a spinal
cervical incident, acupuncture was very successful with her, required
only one treatment


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