Is it safe to give my 50 lb. Irish Setter aspirin for joint pain? If so, how much?

Here's a site for Pain & Pain control in dogs

http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dpain.html

And here is a site for the correct dosage of aspirins for dogs

http://animalsunlimited.net/meds.htm

Baby Aspirin Dosage Dogs

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You can give it Aspirin, but this shouldn't be a permanent fix to the problem because Aspirin is not good used daily for animals or humans. Also, make sure you do NOT use enteric coated Aspirin because there have been cases where the dogs do not react well to it.

You can give your dog 3/4 of an adult Aspirin pill every 12 hours or if it's baby Aspirin give him 3 pills every 12 years- these being 240mg.

Also, you should go to the vet and have them prescribe Metacam to your dog. This helps dogs with joint pain greatly and is not expensive.

PetSmart also carries some great supplements for arthitis in dogs. Do not buy anything made by Hartz though as their products have been linked to numerous deaths.

Not really. Don't do is unless you are desperate and can only afford that or nothing. She should really be on a dog-specific medication like Rimadyl.

It is safe to give glucosimine with chondroitin. Find it in any pharmacy.

At 50 lbs, give 1/2 a baby asperin once a day for two weeks and see how she does.

If I were you, I'd give her Glucosemin-Chondrotinin (sp). You can get it at your local pet store. Glucosemin-Chondrotinin helps to lubricate the joints. A friend of mine who only adopts older dogs, sweats by this stuff. You should notice improvement in about one week or so. You can give her baby aspirin for a short period of time, until the other stuff kicks in, but I would only give her 1/2 of a baby aspirin 2x daily.

Good Luck!

Household Medications for pets

The following is a list of common household human medications that can be used on pets. These Medications can be especially useful if you can't reach a veterinarian.

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So according to this chart it would be safe to give your dog 250 mg of aspirin - I would confirm this with a vet first though just to be safe.

When my rottweiler was a puppy, he had growing pains in his legs that caused him to limp a lot. Both my breeder and vet advised me to give him Baby-buffered Aspirin, not regular adult Aspirin. Baby Motrin is even better.

You can also give her glucosamine, which is for arthritic joins and will actually help it and not just mask the pain. And, it completely safe for dogs since it's is something that is naturally found in cartilage.

Also, swimming is great exercise for arthritis since it isn't at all harsh on the actual joint, but strengthens the muscle around the joints.

I used to give my 7 year old 57lb dog one 81mil coated aspirin a day until I found Joint Maintenance by Hartz.She seems to be responding better to this although I am not giving her the full amount recommended,she gets one a day with food, as it seemed to upset her stomach as much as the aspirin did.I found it in the pet section with the supplements at Walmart but I'm sure it is sold in any pet store.

Hope this helps you and your canine friend.