Do any of you give your dog aspirin to ease Arthritis pain? If so, what
kind? Baby, buffered or what? And how often? Thx.pj

Do any of you give your dog aspirin to ease Arthritis pain? If so, what
kind? Baby, buffered or what? And how often? Thx.pj

Don't ever give aspirin without direction from your vet. The side effects
are the same as with people and an overdose or too frequent of
administration can cause GI bleeds.

Patty Jo wrote:
Do any of you give your dog aspirin to ease Arthritis pain? If so, what
kind? Baby, buffered or what? And how often? Thx.pj


Aspirin is not the way to go. Give glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM to
help with the arthritis. For the pain I'd use a homeopathic remedy
called Arnica. You can get it at most health food stores. Works great
but there are no side effects like you'd have with aspirin or other
NSAIDS. Water doses are best.

Patty Jo wrote:
Do any of you give your dog aspirin to ease Arthritis pain? If so, what
kind? Baby, buffered or what? And how often? Thx.pj

How old is your dog?

We treated two of our dogs with Adequan injections, with great
results (I have no commercial interest, etc.). They're given
about every 4-6 weeks, and they gave two old, arthritic dogs much
greater mobility than other things we'd tried (Rimadyl, Deramaxx,
chiropractic, glucosamine/chondroitin/MSM). We continued the
G/C/M along with Adequan, but the dogs did not appear to need
pain killers.

Google on Adequan, and discuss it with your vet if you're interested.

HTH -

FurPaw

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Aspirin is not the way to go. Give glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM to
help with the arthritis.

It should be noted that although these products can help to maintain joint
health and possibly slow down arthritic symptoms, they will not cure
arthritis nor will they make the disease regress. These supplements are as
important in most breeds as vitamins would be for us. Early is better.

chardonnay9 wrote:

Patty Jo wrote:

Do any of you give your dog aspirin to ease Arthritis pain? If so, what
kind? Baby, buffered or what? And how often? Thx.pj


Aspirin is not the way to go. Give glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM to
help with the arthritis. For the pain I'd use a homeopathic remedy
called Arnica. You can get it at most health food stores. Works great
but there are no side effects like you'd have with aspirin or other
NSAIDS. Water doses are best.

Whoa. Arnica is not a pain reliever. Arnica helps heal bruises and
wounds. But in large doses arnica is also extremely poisonous. Arnica
should be given in moderation for a wound/surgery/bruising then tapered
and should NOT be given on a daily basis.

Glucosamine/chondroitin can be effective, but may need further boosting
with an NSAID such as Rimadyl or Deramaxx. However, NSAIDs should only
be taken with veterinary supervision.

Robin Nuttall wrote:
chardonnay9 wrote:

Patty Jo wrote:

Do any of you give your dog aspirin to ease Arthritis pain? If so, what
kind? Baby, buffered or what? And how often? Thx.pj


Aspirin is not the way to go. Give glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM to
help with the arthritis. For the pain I'd use a homeopathic remedy
called Arnica. You can get it at most health food stores. Works great
but there are no side effects like you'd have with aspirin or other
NSAIDS. Water doses are best.

Whoa. Arnica is not a pain reliever. Arnica helps heal bruises and
wounds. But in large doses arnica is also extremely poisonous. Arnica
should be given in moderation for a wound/surgery/bruising then tapered
and should NOT be given on a daily basis.

Glucosamine/chondroitin can be effective, but may need further boosting
with an NSAID such as Rimadyl or Deramaxx. However, NSAIDs should only
be taken with veterinary supervision.

Anyone giving an animal Rimadyl should not have pets and could not
possibly be smart enough to know what arnica does. Homeopathy stresses
giving a remedy just a single time, not repeatedly and never on a daily
basis.

http://www.srdogs.com/Pages/rimadylfr.html
Total ADEs (Adverse Drug Events) for Rimadyl reported to the FDA's
Center for Veterinary Medicine in 1997 and 1998: 4,596 including 651 deaths.

Also very startling to note is that it is generally agreed among
statisticians that most figures reflect only 10 to 15% of actual cases.
This would mean that, in reallity, there may have been as many as 31,000
to 47,000 ADEs to Rimadyl in the two years reported.

Robin Nuttall wrote:


Whoa. Arnica is not a pain reliever. Arnica helps heal bruises and
wounds. But in large doses arnica is also extremely poisonous. Arnica
should be given in moderation for a wound/surgery/bruising then tapered
and should NOT be given on a daily basis.

I've successfully used arnica on myself and my pets with great results.
If you really knew what you were talking about you'd know that in
homeopathy a dose is considered stronger when it's diluted with water or
alcohol.



What is Arnica used for?
Traditional/Ethnobotanical uses
http://www.drugs.com/npc/arnica.html

Internal and external preparations made from the flowering heads of
arnica have been used medicinally for hundreds of years. Alcoholic
tinctures were used by early settlers to treat sore throats, as a
febrifuge, and to improve circulation. Homeopathic uses included the
treatment of surgical or accidental trauma, as an analgesic, and in the
treatment of postoperative thrombophlebitis and pulmonary emboli. It has
been used externally for acne, bruises, sprains and muscle aches, and as
a general topical counterirritant. Arnica has been used extensively in
European folk medicine. German philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749 to 1832) was said to have drunk arnica tea to ease his angina.
Arnica's bactericidal properties were employed for abrasions and gunshot
wounds.

"Patty Jo" wrote in message
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Do any of you give your dog aspirin to ease Arthritis pain? If so, what
kind? Baby, buffered or what? And how often? Thx.pj


I'm reminded of something my profs keep telling me "Every drug is a poison".
It's all about dosage.

As far as NSAIDs go, you can certainly do worse than Aspirin, but I
certainly wouldn't be giving it on a regular basis (too hard on the system).
I also wouldn't be giving any NSAID on anything like a regular basis without
a blood panel to check how things are going.

Your vet should be able to advise you on appropriate dosing for your pet (I
don't recall the dose off the top of my head). I wouldn't trust anyone
(including myself) online to tell you any details, as the risks involved are
going to be dependent on your pet.

As far as glucosamine, MSM etc. go, they have a place, and I believe that
they have helped my older dog a fair amount to deal with his joint problems
(I know its not supposed to, but I feel its not only slowed, but reversed
some of the damage), but sometimes you have to bring out the big guns.
Hopefully though with these other additives, you can go a little easier on
the NSAIDs.

If cost is the issue here, what is the vet recommending as far as NSAIDs go?
Have you discussed alternatives with them? There is a whole range of NSAIDs
you can use that are safer than Aspirin, and they vary a lot in price.

Dale