pain relief

[watchman 256]

what do you lads use on your dogs or have used in the past to good effect cheers

[Bootsha 1,306]

Metacam and or Rimadyl.

[Hannah4181 260]

Rimadyl or carprieve for anti imflamms, and tramadol for pain.

[skycat 6,174]

Rimadyl is also a VERY effective pain killer: I know cos I've taken it myself when desperate: really works. One Rimadyl sorted my back for a whole 24 hours! However, long term use is dangerous: can damage the liver, like a lot of pain killers. Ditto Metacam. IMO only really to be used long term in an old dog to make its last months/year or so more pleasant. This was on the advice of my vet.

[sandymere 8,263]

There are a number of good anti inflammatory pain killers around; I tend to use Metacam for strains etc for a couple of days then reduce. The only problem is that studies seem to show that longer term use may slow healing. It’s not clear if the pain relief leads to over doing it or if the anti inflammatory action slows the healing, likely a bit of both. As skycat says they are very good for your older dogs that have little expectation of healing ie arthritis etc and in the acute phase of an injury, no dog should be in excessive pain, but the dose should reduce as soon as possible to a level where the pain in manageable. The idea is that the animal doesn’t over do it and the owner is aware of the progress ie a little lameness can be monitored whereas absence of symptoms less so.

[watchman 256]

There are a number of good anti inflammatory pain killers around; I tend to use Metacam for strains etc for a couple of days then reduce. The only problem is that studies seem to show that longer term use may slow healing. It’s not clear if the pain relief leads to over doing it or if the anti inflammatory action slows the healing, likely a bit of both. As skycat says they are very good for your older dogs that have little expectation of healing ie arthritis etc and in the acute phase of an injury, no dog should be in excessive pain, but the dose should reduce as soon as possible to a level where the pain in manageable. The idea is that the animal doesn’t over do it and the owner is aware of the progress ie a little lameness can be monitored whereas absence of symptoms less so.

 

good advice mate cheers

[TOPPER 1,809]

rimadyl and amoxicillin

[Sirius 1,391]

rimadyl and amoxicillin

 

Amoxicillin isn't for pain relief it's a broad spectrum antibiotic.

 

Metacam and Rimadyl are two good Nsaids, but I don't like to use them unless really necessary and not long term. The main problem is that it can lead to the dog doing more damage due to the pain relief and anti inflammatory action and a range of other side effects when used longer term( especially stomach upset with Metacam). So IMO they are great in the short term, just be aware that the dog may feel better and be more active, but this does not mean that the injury is still not there.

[Bootsha 1,306]

rimadyl and amoxicillin

 

Amoxicillin isn't for pain relief it's a broad spectrum antibiotic.

 

Metacam and Rimadyl are two good Nsaids, but I don't like to use them unless really necessary and not long term. The main problem is that it can lead to the dog doing more damage due to the pain relief and anti inflammatory action and a range of other side effects when used longer term( especially stomach upset with Metacam). So IMO they are great in the short term, just be aware that the dog may feel better and be more active, but this does not mean that the injury is still not there.

 

Very valid point mate, its exactly the same us in humans, you get a bad back, cant hardly move, Get the co codamol and ibuprofens down your neck and the pain mostly goes away, and you can carry on.

 

Trouble is, you cant feel, and neither can the dog tell you, what intensity of pain its experiencing at the time, the time to asses what you think the level of injury is by:

 

A) What you may have seen that may have caused the injury, and

 

, knowing your dog inside out, is BEFORE you give any pain releif, because in a day or so, the more inexperienced may assume all is well again and carry on, but in fact you may well be compounding the original injury causng long term damage.

 

Remember one thing, as much as we all try and do ourselfs having gleaned knowledge over the years, and been taught over the years, know your limits, if in ANY doubt at all, get it to the vet asap, it's not your missus your talikng about here, its your dog, its important.

[Country Joe 1,411]

Anyone use the porta mag box?, if yes do you find it beneficial to your Dog?

[jigsaw 11,902]

22 Rimmy

[watchman 256]

Anyone use the porta mag box?, if yes do you find it beneficial to your Dog?

 

mate of mine uses one and swears by it

[weasle 1,119]

You can use asprin.

[Attack Fell Terrier 864]

Metacam and or Rimadyl.

 

You beat me too it

 

Metacam is brilliant stuff. I used to just clean the dogs wounds out and keep them warm before I found out about Metacam, but since using it, it cut the dogs recovery time down by half! Truly brilliant stuff. Rimadyl I've never tried but have been told by good dog men that it is just as good as Metacam only cheaper.

 

Depending on how much stick the dog had copped I'd change how much I gave them. I'd usually only have to give them one dose, but the one terrier I used to have used to go in very hard, and he had puncture wounds and tears all over the place after one particular dig. He had his front right paw bit all the way through and couldn't put weight on it, so I gave him a dose of Metacam when I got home, cleaned him up, left him to rest. I left it a day, then gave him another dose, left it a day then gave him another, and although the paw needed a little while to heal properly he was sound.

Edited September 14, 2011 by Attack Fell Terrier

[MissRhianL 70]

Amoxicillin, paracetamol and iburofen in sensible doses