9 yr. old German Shorthair with arthritis

[Guest Anonymous]

My nine-year old German Shorthair has arthritis and has trouble standing after laying down. What name brand asprin can i use to ease the pain?[/b]

[Rosebud]

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Not sure about aspirin, talk to your vet about Glucosamine chondrotian (shark cartilage) supplements. They really work great for arthritis and HD.

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[imported_Cassie]

I use an herb called Yucca which is useful for relieving inflamed joints in animals with arthritis and other rheumatoid diseases...it is very important to feed supplements that contain no more than 10 percent yucca root on a long-term basis. My Rottie which has HD is doing great with the Yucca, Glucosamine & chondroitin (when using the supplement for humans I use vitamin C or magnesium to add in the uptake of the Glucosamine), I also give MSM...she no longer whines when she gets up from a nap..and I know it is not just masking the pain like anti inflammatories such as metacam or rimadyl do (they also ruin the dogs liver!) .... You can use Buffered Aspirin in addition to the glucosamine & chondroitin....Buffered Aspirin is an excellent anti-inflammatory..I perfer not to use it and use the Yucca instead.
Here is an article for you to read which gives lots of info:

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1569&articleid=485

[courtnek]

talk to your vet, and BE CAREFUL with aspirin - some dogs it will cause kidney failure in....


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[DogPaddle]

Yuca, Glucosamine and Chondroitine are the way to go. If you are pressed, don't have the above or occaisionally need some extra pain killing you can use uncoated ASA, any brand, just no acetaminophen (Tylonol) or ibuprofen (Advil) try to avoid Anacin aspirin as I think it has caffine in it. Consult a vet re kidney problems - mine seemed to have no problem but never hurts to check and keep your vet appraised of your pain management/health management plans.