Week - 9 Human medicine for dogs

 

We had a new client that came to the clinic on Wednesday. His concerns were about his 12-year-old golden retriever, who had slip and fall during their morning walk. She, of course, had trouble walking and was in quite a lot of pain so the owner gave her some of his pain medicine to help her. When Dr. Dugan exam her she didn't find any negative side effects. but she did find a few bumps here and there though that was to be expected because of her age. The dog was given the animal version of the pill she was taking. 

Safe for dogs to have

This does make me wonder if we should be giving our dogs human pills since there are a lot of medicines a dog cannot have without the risk of some dangerous side effects. For example, the owner could have easily given the dog Tylenol or Ibuprofen. Which are perfectly fine for humans but do have dangerous effects on dogs. one of the common effects is an upset stomach or increase of internal bleeding. I'm personally not against using human medicine for dogs but not all medicine is tested on animals and only meant for human consumption. So if you do plan on using human medication it's important to talk to your vet and do plenty of research on it. 

Any type of Ibuprofen such as this is unsafe for all pets