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Milky has had some rear end weakness and we are working to get her some relief. She's on week 3 of the loading dose of adequan and she's been on previcox for about a month. We're also starting acupuncture this Friday. She has been on Glucosimine, MSM and fish oil for several years. I'm not crazy about keeping her on an NSAID for the rest of her life but I will if that's what it takes for her to be comfortable. And she has had a lot of improvement since she's been on the adequan and previcox but when I try to back off the previcox she seems to start having more pain. I was going to try switching her to the yucca from the Greyhound Gang to see if that would give her the little extra relief she needs so we could get her off the previcox. I wanted to know if anyone else has switched off a NSAID to yucca and if so how did you do it? Did you just stop the NSAID and start the yucca or give both for a few days? Has anyone had good results with the yucca? And on the off chance that we can't get her off the previcox, anyone had their dog on it long term? Have you had any issues.

 

Thanks for any advice.

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Hi Trish,

 

We took Fuzzy off of Deramax and put him on Yucca and Cosaquin DS, and, he is doing fine.

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I've found the Yucca Intensive at least as effective as a low dose of rimadyl for my seniors with arthritis and stiffness. I just give them one dose a day with a meal and it's been working fairly well.

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Might not need the previcox along with the adequan, so once you've got an adequan regimen established you might try eliminating the previcox. Wouldn't bother with yucca -- shown over and over to have no efficacy.

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Peace was on deramaxx for almost two years when the vets at OSU recommended Adequan. She improved after the loading dose was over, by the fourth week..she now gets a shot every six or seven weeks and has been off the deramaxx since beginning the shots. I would suggest waiting to see how the final dosing goes, how much relief your hound has..Peace also takes the get up and go supplements.

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