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Tristen has arthritis and is on Rimadyl but his is in the wrong place for it to do much but help the pain. Anyway last week a lady wrote in to the weekly Pet column in the local newspaper and said she had an elderly dog and she gave it a Glucosamine pill every day for arthritis and it helped it so I went over to the Wal-Mart and got a bottle and started giving him one before dinner and in just a few days I can see a difference I think it is really helping him. I just thought I would post this in case one of the Forum members had an animal with arthritis.
Yeah, glucosamine is great for joints. I got some from the store (for people) and it didnt agree with their stomachs, but I got some from the vet and they ate it readily and had no bad side effects.
It’s interesting how you can use some people medicine on dogs too. My dog Void recently had pancreaitis and I had to give her pepcid. Vet told me to just buy it at the store over the counter.
I’m glad your dog is feeling better.
My parents, on top of the regular arthritis prescription that they get for Pixie, also give her glucosamine. The combo seems to work… more or less. Better then either by itself.
Is there any information on whether this is helpful for cats? (at a reduced dosage). My cat has arthritis and takes cosequin, but her arthritis still acts up painfully. But I am hesitant to try anything untested–it can be a very bad idea to give people drugs to animals (obviously, in this case it seems to be working for dogs…but I don’t want to be the first person to test it on a cat!)
Tally Mark wrote:Is there any information on whether this is helpful for cats? (at a reduced dosage). My cat has arthritis and takes cosequin, but her arthritis still acts up painfully. But I am hesitant to try anything untested–it can be a very bad idea to give people drugs to animals (obviously, in this case it seems to be working for dogs…but I don’t want to be the first person to test it on a cat!)
I would probably ask the vet before giving her any – I hope it helps her if you do it certainly has helped my dog he shows some results in only a few days.
Had a Samoyed that developed arthritis as well. Started her on glucosomine to. She got better for a while then she developed a severe skin disorder to the glucosomine and her hair started falling out. Apparently dogs can develope an allergy to it. So we switched her over to childrens liquid Motrin. She loved it so there was no trouble in getting her to take it and while it couldn’t alleviate the arthritis it did ease her pain and made her comfortable.
You can also use baby aspirin for your dogs arthritis. It isn’t as heavy duty as Rimadyl, and is easier on their stomachs.
My dogs are 10 – 15 pounds and may get an 81 mg baby aspirin at bedtime. It really helps. Also a nice soft bed and a warm place with soft blankets helps. So my old dogs go in a crate with a soft bed and blankets, or in bed with us.
A supervised heating pad arrangement is okay also. Just extra food for thought!
Kaya
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