If your dog has been diagnosed with canine arthritis, one of the medications your veterinarian may prescribe is a drug called Rimadyl. Remedy all has been used for a number of years to treat osteoarthritis in canines. Although the vast majority of animals treated with this medication show positive results, there are significant numbers of canines that have severe side effects when taking this drug. In fact there are numbers of instances where death has occurred as the result of this drug which can cause kidney failure.
If your veterinarian prescribes Rimadyl to treat joint arthritis in your dog, always be sure to ask him what side effects there are and what to watch for in your animal. It’s very important that if any of those side effects are seen one should stop giving the Rimadyl to the animal immediately and seek advice from their vet.
A better solution that should be also discussed with one’s veterinarian is the use of supplements to treat the joint disease. Supplements such as Synflex liquid glucosamine are completely safe and natural and have virtually no side effects for the animal compared to prescribed drugs and medications. Important to understand that natural supplementation, as with glucosamine, does not mask the symptoms or pain of the osteoarthritis in the animal.
Instead, the glucosamine acts to aid the body in rebuilding damaged joints and tissues caused by the joint disease. Therefore, using a supplement like Synflex liquid glucosamine will not show immediate effects. It’s important to continue treatment with a supplement for at least 4 to 6 weeks and thus giving the product ample time to aid the body in rebuilding the damaged joints. Too often those providing the glucosamine to their animals with arthritis will stop the supplementation process too soon. In the first few weeks it is unlikely that any positive results will be seen from using the glucosamine supplement because the body has not had enough time to repair itself with the glucosamine. Most animals will have some type of favorable response within a month or two in most cases.
Through the process of using the prescribed medications or the natural supplements it’s very important to maintain frequent visits to your veterinarian so he or she may be able to track the progress of the disease or the positive effects of the supplements or prescribed medications.