I can't legally advise you over the internet about making dose changes with your medication, so the best thing here is to give your vet a call and ask what they think about upping the meds. However, I'm thinking that if this was the case, they would have prescribed something else like Metacam or Deramaxx or Previcox. Your vet may be cautious in its use with labs, for this reason. It's possible that your vet wanted to see if 75mg would do the trick and if not, then increase it.Īnother possible reason for your vet to be cautious on the Rimadyl dosing is that every now and then we can see labs who can have a strange and serious reaction to Rimadyl. Your best bet here is to check with your vet as to whether or not it is safe to increase the dosage. You're right, the dosage that is written on the label for Rimadyl is indeed 2mg/lb of body weight once a day (or 1 mg/lb twice daily). Marie replied:Hi and thanks for your question. What about over the counter substances like Lotramin AF which has the one of the medicines in otomax? Thanksĭr. Is this really that much of a risk? What about Baytril? It would seem if its risky a non-steroidal ear drop would be prescribed. The vet kind of freaked me out when otomax was prescribed because it was accompanied by a warning to watch out if he stops eating because of the steroid in otomax which his vet said could be absorbed. He has an ear infection from yeast/fungus and some bacteria in both ears. The second part of my question also related to rimadyl is can a dog take otomax at the same time as they are on rimadyl safely. He does not have degenerative myopathy, by the way.
#OTOMAX DOG EAR INFECTION FULL#
Seems he would really benefit from the full dosage. Can a dog his age safely take the usual dose which I had heard is 2 mg per pound? He weighs 85 pounds. It definitely helps but he is still having major issues getting around, and I am wondering why the dose is so low given his liver and kidney tests are normal.
He has some serious arthritis and back end issues that had previously responded very well to prednisone, but was put on rimadyl more recently because he had surgery.
My fellow is 12 years old but tests of his liver and kidneys have been described as completely normal. The first is Rimadyl dosage for an older dog.
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