hip dysplasia?

Question

i have a 5 year old lab that has hip dysplasia. she limps bad usually at night. is their any medication that i can give her to ease the pain for her.

Answer 1

your vet should be able to give you a dog type of aspirin. these tend to work better than aspirin. there are many types but the most common ones are rimadyl and dermaxx. both are relativly safe but you will need to monitor your dogs liver values if she is on it for long periods and not just when symptoms occur. hope this helps. poor thing and good luck to you.

Answer 2

OK, let me explain hips to you. Your vet will ex-ray your dog's hips then send the ex-rays to the BVA hip scoring panel for evaluating. The panel will study the fits and angles of 9 separate features of the hip and award marks to each. 8 of the features are awarded marks between 0 and 6 but for some reason the 9th feature is only awarded marks between 0 and 5. (Low marks good, high marks bad) If you like to count these up you will find that the maximum possible score is 53 for each side, 106 in total. You can think of it like this, 0 means the hip is perfect and 53 means it effectively has no hip on that side at all. Hip scores are traditionally referred to in the form of 4/6 (4 being the score of the right hip and 6 being the score of the left hip) or it can also be referred to as 10 total (4+6=10) Over the years the scores of the dogs within the different breeds have been recorded so the average score of dogs within each breed is known. In Labradors, the latest figure as of 1/1/06 is 15 total (this is actually not the average, rather the "Mean" but is as near the average as makes no difference) This mean score, because it include ALL Labradors ever scored does not really show the direction the scores are moving, are they getting worse? Or better? And if so how much worse or better? So in order to convey a feel for the directing things are heading, the BVA give us another figure, the Median, and the median in Labradors is 10, this figure giving a better idea of the average scores which have been awarded in more recent times. So, getting on to the sire and dam of your dog 8 and 4 respectively, these are very good scores, well below the mean and even below the median! Very nice! Hope that explains things for you, but if you have any further questions just say and I'll try to explain things further. Regards, John

Answer 3

I have a nearly 4 yr. old lab mix that has severe hip dysplasia. I give him Rimadyl. This is something you definitely want to get recommendations from your vet. There are other pain relievers for dogs out there. I have heard things about Rimadyl that scare me a bit. In fact, every 6 mos. my Kobe has to get blood drawn to make sure the Rimadyl isn't harming his liver. I've heard wonderful things about canine chiropractors for relieving pain from hip dysplasia. Oh, don't forget to give your dog some sort of supplement to help build cartilage.

Answer 4

You can try a prescription medication from your vet. There is this new medication called Adequan that is an injectable that you would have to go to your veterinarian to get. It actually helps repair the joints and it really helps. It is kind of expensive, but I would really recommend it.

I have a Belgian Malionis that has a bad shoulder and I use Cosequin and Duralactin. They are both just nutritional supplements, but they do help some.

Answer 5

The vet should've told you what medication to put the dog on because they definately need to be medicated. I also heard it's very expensive to do so.

Answer 6

I have a 4 year old rott that has hip displasia. We give her two ascripton in the morning and two ascription at night. She is about 100lbs. it helps her a lot. It can be purchased at any drug store. It is usually by the asprin.

Answer 7

There are a number of medications that help, so can surgery. It is a very painful thing. Please see a vet and follow up with proper care.