| Re: Bone cancer
my kids: There are far more effective drugs to relieve the pain of bone cancer than Rimadyl. It isn't effective with bone cancer in my experience.
My dog has osteosarcoma and she takes Piroxicam and Tramadol for pain. This keeps her pain free at this stage of her disease though I have no doubt pain relief will need to be increased at some point. When her pain is no longer under control I will with great sadness and heartache, put her to sleep.
Some dogs have an adverse reaction to Rimadyl. Not all do. None of my dogs have ever shown a bad reaction to Rimadyl and I've found it to be an excellent pain reliever and anti inflammatory. It doesn't do a thing to relieve the pain of bone cancer though.
You are giving the Rimadyl with food aren't you? It will cause gastric pain and probable GI bleeding given on an empty stomach. This would cause the dog to be very reluctant to eat. |