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Originally Posted by Ellie May  You can start a poll by going to that section, starting a new thread, titling it and typing a message, scrolling down and clicking the make it a poll option and that follow the steps. But I can already tell you that from what I've seen in person and on YT, if something is given, it is usually an NSAID after spay.
I wasn't talking about a little limp. I mean post ortho surgery. If an ortho surgeon thinks jsut Tramadol will work...fine. I just don't think all orthos see it that way and I'm not totally convinced that that is enough pain control. Actually, I think quite a few give Tramadol and an NSAID together.
I can only say what I would do for my dog.
We avoid NSAIDs if at all possible. If she was in pain and Tramadol or Fentanyl, etc. couldn't control it, then I would give the okay for an NSAID if vet thought it was best. |
I agree with you C and I believe ladymom is on the same page as well as the 3 of us deal with dogs with health issues and know when a dog gets out of balance that has health issues it is a NIGHTMARE.
Steroids are anti-inflammatory and due to dd being on steroids already for allergies having tramadol for pain was sufficient per orthos.
I asked the vet for tramadol but the vet said no she will be fine and i said i do not like nsaids and he said I should be afraid of nsaids and he wanted her on pepcid ac with the nsaid. He said if she vomitted to stop well she did and i never gave her a dose only he did and she was vomitting for 30 days straight it was a mess. Our regular vet wanted to treat her for an ulcer with 4 meds and it made me nervous as that was alot meds to counteract another med so i went to internal medicine specialist as i trust her 100% she is awesome and really knows her stuff. A vet on line I have become friends with who helps me alot too told me to soak her kibble for 30 days and that was what finally worked but she could not eat dry kibble without vomitting it up in 5 seconds after eating.