Tramadol
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:42 pm
My Sara just turned 11 years-old and is my heart dog. My best guess is that she is a Shepherd mix of some kind. She is about 55 pounds. About a year ago she started lying down to eat. Eventually her back right leg started trembling. She has steadily declined since then and now, as of two weeks ago, she drags that leg when she walks and the foot sort of knuckles over. If she is standing though and I roll her foot onto its side, she can still right it and put it pad-down. She is obviously having a harder time getting up after lying down but she still manages to jump up onto my bed every night. The problem is my vet, whom I love dearly, but who is more of a "GP" in that she is great at the broad spectrum things, like fixing injuries and diagnosing based on blood work, but is not so great at more intricate problems. For example, after a physical exam only, about six months ago, she decided that Sara had arthritis and put her on Previcox. All that it did was make Sara groggy and there was no improvement. I did not refill the prescription. Now that there is the dragging and knuckling, I have been hounding my vet and I truly feel like she gave me Tramadol just to placate me. I am not sure this is the right drug for Sara. I am wondering if any of you here have any experience with it and if you could also share what it was prescribed for? I am trying to get Sara into a larger clinic that has more diagnostic tools but it is a long-shot. Of course, I could bring her to a specialist but I am not even sure which kind ... is it neurological ... is it orthopedic ... ?
I am going to look into a cart too and I know just the site .... LOL
Thank you.
I am going to look into a cart too and I know just the site .... LOL
Thank you.