leon
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Post by leon on Nov 28, 2009 3:54:55 GMT -5
I'm glad you can be a nit more positive about helping your dog Hellie.
Meg is pretty much back to her old self other than drinking in excess of 1litre perday (& she eats a raw diet so should need hardly any extra fluids) and being occasionally incontinent. I'm pleased she doesn't seem distressed anymore. Tests next week.
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Post by leon on Dec 2, 2009 15:22:35 GMT -5
We had the blood and urine test results today - the only thing showing up being a slightly raised red blood cell count. No signs of kidney failure at all apparently. THe raised blood count I understand are usual for sighthounds anyway, so not sure what happens next. Waiting to hear back from our usual vet tomorrow as to what he thinks we should do next.
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Post by hellie on Dec 6, 2009 12:45:31 GMT -5
Well Tilly has had a cushings diagnosis and i have to say she is drinking lots and weeing lots, she also gets very tired, panty, her hair isn't growing and parts are falling out and she has very flaky skin. We have just started the treatment and at the moment she is very weak she cannot sit herself up from a flat out position. We are keeping everything crossed that we can get her strength back and get her to pick up.
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Post by Amber on Dec 14, 2009 9:31:00 GMT -5
I guess each dog is different in their body chemistry and what they can tolerate.
My Oscar has been on NSAIDS taken daily for 7 years. Metacam, then changed to Previcox to see if it would be any more effective, then back to Metacam. He's not had any bad side effects, just the occasional vomiting yellow bile in the mornings, dealt with by an ant-acid.
He is now on Tramadol long-term as well, in addition to Metacam. He is completely drugged up LOL! But as long as he has no side effects (doesn't have any) and is pain-free, that's the main thing.
It must be very difficult if your dog is not tolerant of NSAIDS. I've heard that acupuncture can be good for arthritis (that's my next plan for Oscar), so that may be worth a try?
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Post by zacsslave on May 19, 2014 16:22:19 GMT -5
Tash has been on Previcox for a few months and is losing her hair. I don't know at this stage if it's the drugs or she has something else going on but has anybody got any updated info about previcox from this thread? Help really needed pls !
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Post by tesse0barney on May 20, 2014 2:20:47 GMT -5
Morning all, this topic is certainly one I'll follow.
Tesse is beginning to really struggle with her arthritis in both front legs. She's still will and gets upset when we turn for home. It's frustrating I can't explain to her there's a limit before we make life more painful.
We're currently on loxicom (similar to Metacam). We took a weeks break from it as we were using that with a human drug the vet prescribed. I didn't think the loxicom was working hence the additional. The additional helped to a level and then nothing extra. We're back to acupuncture (we've had one session so far and we'll give it 4 goes to see if there's an improvement) as that's worked well before. I had to give her loxicom last night as she didn't even want to put weight on one leg. It's heart braking to say the least. Luckily my vet is pro-alternative treatments. As Tesse is only 11 years old I'd like to be able to give a good quality of life without daily drugs but we'll do what's best for her.
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Post by vickyb on May 21, 2014 2:26:48 GMT -5
I know PLT is often considered a last resort but have they tried it? Sapphy is very different but although her polyarthritis has massively improved she now has half a PLT alternate days and when she has a mini flare up she goes off 1 leg, it can be any leg so I increase it for a few days and it does the trick. Have they tried tramadol? I remember Tesse starting with it, seems like ages ago   |
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Post by Andy & Justine on May 22, 2014 6:13:30 GMT -5
Not sure if this will be of any use to you leon but our Ben (greyhound) who is now 7 and half was diagnosed with arthritis in his hip and spondulosis in his back at almost 4 years old. By this point, he had got a bit of a peg-leg going on as it was so stiff for him. We started on the metacam route of the 30 units for 30 kg dog. Shortly afterwards, we were advised by an RGT person to knock the dosage down if Ben could manage. Over a few weeks we got him down to 7 units which was ok for a few months but we then had to knock him back up to 10 when the cold winter kicked in. He stayed on this level for around a year. We were then advised by the same person to try Gro-well Joint Aid for greyhounds as the level of metacam was so low. We put him on this supplement in Oct 2012 and he's been on it ever since. There is also an 'all-breeds' variety of this but we've only ever used the greyhound one for obvious reasons. Ben does have occasional sticky days if he's been walking lots or it's exceptionally cold but he did sometimes on metacam anyway so the new bottle we had at the time is still sitting unopened in our cupboard. Perhaps joint aid is something you may be able to try? J
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Post by julies on May 26, 2014 15:46:57 GMT -5
Just to add in ... Yumove have had apparently amazing results in a scientific trial, I've used it and been impressed though buy via Amazon as its cheaper and they also do a vet strength Yumove if you need something a bit stronger.
Good luck with the creaky oldies.
J xx
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