Ok here's the deal. My dog is a 7 year
old german shepherd and she has arthritis.
My vet prescribed her a pain medicine
called meloxicam (brand name medacam),
which does wonders for her when she is in
pain. The only problem is that medacam is
$25 for 10 mils when we buy it from the
doc. We could get it for $9 for 10 mils
from petmeds.Com if our vet would verify
for them that we have a prescription, but
she won't cooperate because she wants us
to pay her the $25 instead. Will some of
you from non-.U.S countries check and see
if you can get meloxicam without a
prescription and cheaper than $25 per 10
mils? If so, i'll pay for everything if
you'll be willing to let me ship it to you
and then you ship it to me!
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cherry_pie
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Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 599
Posted: 08-20-04 19:00pm
I'll ask at work tomorrow... We have a
whole bunch of vet supplies there.
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sweetsuzi
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Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 831 Location: Bonny Scotland
Posted: 08-21-04 11:33am
Erin,
i have had a whole load of dogs and horses
in my time. You know what done wonders
for their joints and coat was cod liver
oil. The vet was really worried about one
of my ponies and I started getting her
c.L.O for animals and she bounced back
after a couple of weeks. Trust me you
would see a differance. I give my little
pooch it and he is 13 and has no joint
problems.
P.S it's just a lil supplment not anything
to replace the medication.
We have solvitax here, I htink you could
probably get it there too!!
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linuxChique
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Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 4535
Posted: 08-21-04 11:41am
Yeah, we are feeding her glucosamine as a
supplement for joint health, and it does a
load of good, but every once in a while
she has spells when she is in pain and the
supplements don't help and she just needs
something for the pain. That's what the
medacam is for.
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bd1012
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Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 1998
Posted: 08-21-04 11:50am
Do dogs yelp when they are in pain? How
do they show it. We have a pretty old
dog and i'm worried something may be wrong
with his joints.
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newlife
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 874
Posted: 08-21-04 11:57am
Well, I don't think the doc can do that.
If the dog has a prescribed medication, it
is her duty to write out a prescription
for you and that is it. Then from there
you decide on where to get it filled. I
say tell her that you are going to report
her, and get another doctor. Then wait to
see what her response is. She just may
cooperate. And if she doesn't you're
better off with another doc anyway.
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tweety12986
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Joined: 25 Jun 2004 Posts: 772 Location: houston
Posted: 08-21-04 12:04pm
Dogs yelp if its like a quick hard pain
like kicking them, but my dogs would
whimpering and it sounded so sad,
michael's dog wailed really loud for like
20 mins. Cuz he didnt know where his
gramma was.
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sweetsuzi
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 831 Location: Bonny Scotland
Posted: 08-21-04 12:13pm
Animals have their own little ways of
expressing their emotions. If you stand
on your dogs tail he will yelp, but if had
a sore stomach perhaps he would probably
cry or hide away somehere and be very
quiet and not really wanna move.
