diclofenac / 50mg tablets

[tod 3]

just wondering if these anti-inflammatory are safe to use on the dogs.

[Kay 3,709]

just wondering if these anti-inflammatory are safe to use on the dogs.

 

I wouldnt use them personally It was these tablets that made my husband pass out while driving the car & he crashed it , i know your dogs unlikely to drive a car but i still wouldnt

[TIMMAY 6]

I wouldn't use them, they can have a very bad effect on the kidneys and heart. They are really good for joint pain in humans though!

[dangergirl 13]

No. They can cause humans alot of problems. They are non steriodal anti inflamatories and can cause serious respiratory problems in humans, even stomach ulcers. They are too strong for a dog, but a vet will have something very similar at a lower dose

Edited October 24, 2008 by dangergirl

[Guest joe ox]

No. They can cause humans alot of problems. They are non steriodal anti inflamatories and can cause serious respiratory problems in humans, even stomach ulcers. They are too strong for a dog, but a vet will have something very similar at a lower dose

 

Yes a vet will charge a consultancy fee plus treble more than they cost them to buy........ robbing b**tards!

Edited October 24, 2008 by joe ox

[Guest bigredbusa]

i got a load here i wont take as they do cause problems so feck giving them to a dog , but i do have a load of amoxacylin that needs a new home 500mg ones

[Malt 379]

No. They can cause humans alot of problems. They are non steriodal anti inflamatories and can cause serious respiratory problems in humans, even stomach ulcers. They are too strong for a dog, but a vet will have something very similar at a lower dose

Yeppers, I was prescribed them and they played hell with my guts, I had to take another type of medicine alongside them, just so I would tolerate them.

I went and seen another doctor who simply changed them!

 

I wouldn't recommend them for a dog.

[socks 32,253]

if you use them on a dog you will cause stomach ulceration and bleeding ... if you need to use an anti inflamotory then use metecam or rymadile ...........

[jambo 4]

never use voltral on dogs socks is 100% correct

i know guys who have gave them to greyhounds and they shit gallons of blood for days on end and also naproxin is deadly to dogs another human anti inflam

[tod 3]

thanks for the replies , i had a box of them and just thought i would ask before binning them.i will stick with metecam

[polecat 1]

you probably find that most of tablets vets use are the same as what docs use just branded vets pain killers ponstane forte 40 quid for 8 tabs you get 100 from docs for 6.75 price of a script as for your diclofenac they pain killer come anti inflamatory if worried goggle the name and see what it says !! me i yous most of the penicilan tabs doc gives me if the dogs need them and if you use right wont do dogs any harm just use caution

[dangergirl 13]

They wont be the same, dont use them. You would rather pay a few quid more for the real stuff from the vets then have to fork out hundreds for a gastrointestinal bleed caused by human dose tablets. Dont use human antibiotics on a dog, for a start they dont kill pain they only kill bacterial infection; You wont know what bacteria your treating so the tablets you have lying around that you used for a chest infection wont work on an infected leg. The human dose will be to big too and could cause renal or liver problems, then before you know it you've nearly bumped off your prize pooch and again will have to pay hundreds for treatment.

 

DG

Edited October 25, 2008 by dangergirl

[Guest Magwitch]

I was on them and other anti inflammatories for years for back problems and now my guts are totally f****d I have to take Omeprazole in the morning and ranitadine at night every day for the rest of my life.