Rimadyl (Carprofen generic) there are a lot of trade names and unfortunately I do not know them all, so I avoid NSAID's completely with my dogs.
My 5-year-old yellow lab started limping in his hind legs out of the blue. No injury. The vet was hyperfocused on the diagnosis of bilateral torn ACLs despite having a normal exam and no injury which is highly unlikely in a young dog. She was so focused on the ACL diagnosis because she wanted to have an excuse to prescribe Rimadyl to get her checks from Pfizer. When he was dying after being on the drug for 8 days we found out he had Lyme disease but his vet never tested for that. His case presented like a typical lyme case according to the emergency vet, very upsetting it was missed. All he would have needed was a bottle of antibiotics to make him better but it was too late after his kidneys and liver failed. They said organ failure was due to an underlying condition but the necropsy proved that it was the drug that killed him.
Rimadyl (Carprofen generic) there are a lot of trade names and unfortunately I do not know them all, so I avoid NSAID's completely with my dogs.
My 5-year-old yellow lab started limping in his hind legs out of the blue. No injury. The vet was hyperfocused on the diagnosis of bilateral torn ACLs despite having a normal exam and no injury which is highly unlikely in a young dog. She was so focused on the ACL diagnosis because she wanted to have an excuse to prescribe Rimadyl to get her checks from Pfizer. When he was dying after being on the drug for 8 days we found out he had Lyme disease but his vet never tested for that. His case presented like a typical lyme case according to the emergency vet, very upsetting it was missed. All he would have needed was a bottle of antibiotics to make him better but it was too late after his kidneys and liver failed. They said organ failure was due to an underlying condition but the necropsy proved that it was the drug that killed him.