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    Adequan

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    Adequan can work, or not work. It's individual for every hound. I've seen it work more often than not. It is basically souped up glucosamine. Some hounds respond right away, some take longer. Some have no response. It is expensive from a vet's office.

     

    Giving your hounds joint supplements sooner than later, can help prevent arthritis. If people wait too long to help their hounds with arthritic situations, miracles are in shorter supply. I'll be in Phoenix this weekend giving a talk about When I Am Older, and all the natural choices out there to help your hounds live longer and healthier.

     

    Glucosamine, Chondroitin, MSM, Vitamin C, CMO, Yucca, Salmon Oil - are all staples at Greyhound Gang. You can read about them here.

     

    Don't just take my word though, :colgate unsolicited testimonialshere.

     

    Both of my pups are on Glucosamine supplements and have been since I've had them.

    Adequan

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    Posted · Edited by riverbosun

    Just wanted to mention that your vet should be giving the injection in alternate sites for each injection. Left side one time then right side the next to eliminate muscle tenderness.

    I think it's premature to expect to see improvement --hang in there!

     

     

    Sites are being rotated. Thanks for the feedback. I'll continue to see how he does on twice weekly injections and decide what to do.

    Adequan

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    I've posted and asked about Adequan in recent weeks. Coyote is have injections 2x/week and today was number 5. I've seen no change. Some minor swelling at the injection sight and some diarrhea though nothing that persists. I've committed to a month of twice weekly injections. Is this a fair trial?

    Urgent

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    Posted · Edited by riverbosun

    You don't have to, or even Should put anything in her mouth during a seizure. They cannot swallow their tongue. That's a myth! Just be sure there's nothing near that she can get hurt on, and keep any other dogs away from her so they don't hurt her. Good luck, hope you can get her on the right meds to stop them. They ARE scary. :grouphug

     

     

    Cannot emphasize this enough. You cannot swallow your tongue. However it can drop back and block your airway so all you do is keep your pup (or human) on it's side and protect them when they are thrashing. Sorry this happened.

    Update On Adequan Info

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    It could also be a money issue - vet gets to charge you to give each shot. Sorry, but I know lots of people that give Adequan injections to horses with their vets blessing. It's not hard to give an IM.

     

     

    I agree. I'll keep todays appt and see what happens. If I'm not satisfied I'll take another approach. Thanks everyone for your feedback.

    Update On Adequan Info

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    I do the shots myself for my horse.

    They are IM.

     

    Not sure why it would be 'illegal' to give a dog an IM shot. It certainly is not illegal here in Ontario.

     

     

    FYI

    Some vets do use Adequan IA (into Joints) on 'some' horses. It was a popular IA med a few years ago, but not so much anymore.

    There are much better things now to give IA. My hose gets HA/steroid combo about once a year into his hock joints. He has bone spurs.

    And of course, only a qualified vet shound do these types of shots.

     

     

    What I meant by this is that perhaps it's a licensing issue. Despite my being a nurse I could never give a patient a syringe and say do it yourself even if they were a nurse themselves. It's all I can think of but I'll see him in the a.m. and discuss it. Thinking he may feel it's a liability issue if I screwed up.

    Update On Adequan Info

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    Posted · Edited by riverbosun

    Not sure about dogs but the horses had a vet do the injections then we had to keep them inside for the day to minimize infection. Doesn't it get injected into the joint? IM injections can easily be done by yourself. In the state of DE it's illegal to do an IV injection unless your a licensed vet or tech if I remember correctly. I would think that if it was easy and safe to do yourself the barn staff/owners would do the injections themselves instead of paying for a farm call.

     

    Just my 2 cents

     

     

    Not injected into the joint but apparently I cannot legally administer an IM injection (into the muscle) but could if it were subcutaneously (under the skin). If IM provides more benefit I'm totally ok with that. It's just weird that a couple of years ago I helped a friend with sc injections of Adequan and now I cannot administer these to my dogs.

    Adequan Injections

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    If your dog is not a drama queen, you should be able to give the injections yourself. In which case, my vet charged something like 125 for the two vials of Adequan and needles, so about 20 per shot. Then again, Trinkett was a very stoic dog, and would let you do anything to her medically. You may feel it's worth the money to have the vet do it.

     

    I can definitely manage the shots as I'm a nurse (albeit a psych RN) but I also gave Klem Vit B 12 shots for his IBD. If it works, it's worth any amount. I feel like it's a case where I won't do any harm and there is some real benefits.

    Adequan Injections

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    Posted · Edited by riverbosun

    Considering Adequan for my older boy Coyote who doesn't seem to tolerate NSAIDS well. I've done a search here on H&M and there seems to be info in support of it. Xrays show degenerative joint disease in the shoulders. Any advice? Also anything on cost, frequency of administration and or side effects is greatly appreciated.

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