Discospondylitis is Painful ~ Insist on Pain Management With Your Vet (please) скачать в хорошем качестве

Discospondylitis is Painful ~ Insist on Pain Management With Your Vet (please)

This is Day 13 of Nikkou's very painful saga of suddenly going lame (from pain) in his back legs, and our quest to find out WHY ~ and to try to manage his pain during the process. He has seen a wonderful vet, an orthopedic surgeon(http://southpawsvetspecialists.com/), and yesterday was seen at the LSU Animal Clinic (http://www1.vetmed.lsu.edu//VTHC/inde...) in Baton Rouge, LA where he had an MRI and was finally diagnosed with discospondylitis ~ an infection of the vertebra in his spine and of the vertebral disc. His pain has been increasing in spite of multiple medications, ice packs, a good memory foam bed and comfort measures... likely because the infection continues to get worse and the pressure in his spine increases. If I had known earlier--at any juncture with the various vets--that my companion would be crying for hours on end in pain, I would have INSISTED on better pain management for him. Please speak up for your pet. (Nikkou is on Meloxicam once daily and Tramadol every 8 hours.) ***Adding 400mg Gabapentin to this mix helped a great deal! His Tramadol (I believe) was increased to 200mg every 8 hours. He weighed 85-90 pounds. "Pain relief is an important aspect of DS treatment that cannot be ignored; more so because most DS cases leave behind a swath of painful osteoarthritis in their wake. "by Dr. Patty Khuly, VMD, MBA http://www.embracepetinsurance.com/he... http://www.walthamusa.com/articles/wf...