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My old whippet (13-14 years old) has been put on Loxicom 1.5mg/ml oral suspension for pain and inflammation control as he had a bit of a tumble when my younger 50kg dog tried to play with him and ended up kinda body slamming him.
He also had a suspected mini stroke after the initial injury and also has arthritis.
He has never been on pain relief for arthritis as it was not too bad till his incident early on Thursday morning (it's now saturday morning here). The initial dose given to him (double dose to start off with) seemed to make him feel much better and he has had one more dose since (one dose per day given at the same time) but last night he was feeling so good he decided to jump off the couch instead of waiting for help to get down and seems to have really hurt himself again.
His blood test results were apparently very good and the vet said she was actually highly shocked at how well everything seems to be with his blood work and general health given his age. So, other than his flare up from the dog wrestling incident and his slight dementia everything else health wise is good.
Is anyone familiar with this medication and how long it will take for it to fully work for his inflammation and pain?
She did tell me it would take a few days for it to fully control the inflammation and pain but I do not think I listened as well as I should have as I was so stressed about him and making the right choice for his sake..... I was fully expecting to have no choice but to have him put to sleep given his age and what happened to him so I was not thinking straight when I was told they thought he would be ok with long term medication and some extra TLC for a few days.
The vet I take him to is not available on the weekend and I have not had good experiences with the other vets who are available at the moment, they usually try not to help with any information over the phone and I do not agree with some of their ideas of keeping pets alive as long as possible for the owners sake even if the pet is still suffering.
I am not sure what to expect from this medication so any information or personal experiences with it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading
He also had a suspected mini stroke after the initial injury and also has arthritis.
He has never been on pain relief for arthritis as it was not too bad till his incident early on Thursday morning (it's now saturday morning here). The initial dose given to him (double dose to start off with) seemed to make him feel much better and he has had one more dose since (one dose per day given at the same time) but last night he was feeling so good he decided to jump off the couch instead of waiting for help to get down and seems to have really hurt himself again.
His blood test results were apparently very good and the vet said she was actually highly shocked at how well everything seems to be with his blood work and general health given his age. So, other than his flare up from the dog wrestling incident and his slight dementia everything else health wise is good.
Is anyone familiar with this medication and how long it will take for it to fully work for his inflammation and pain?
She did tell me it would take a few days for it to fully control the inflammation and pain but I do not think I listened as well as I should have as I was so stressed about him and making the right choice for his sake..... I was fully expecting to have no choice but to have him put to sleep given his age and what happened to him so I was not thinking straight when I was told they thought he would be ok with long term medication and some extra TLC for a few days.
The vet I take him to is not available on the weekend and I have not had good experiences with the other vets who are available at the moment, they usually try not to help with any information over the phone and I do not agree with some of their ideas of keeping pets alive as long as possible for the owners sake even if the pet is still suffering.
I am not sure what to expect from this medication so any information or personal experiences with it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading