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| DD's doxie Shadow has to be on Rimadyl for back problems.Will be starting it shorly.
She did some research online and found a generic called Novoxx. Rimadyl's cost is $4.50/pill. Novoxx is like 90 cents per pill. Do generics work as good as the name brand? She doesn't want the dog to have a relapse or get worse. |
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| Check with your vet and make sure the main ingredients are the same (amount, dosage, etc...)...generic should be just fine. I request generic for myself. |
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- Posted by sillymesillyne (My Page) on Fri, Dec 8, 06 at 14:22
| Geeze, I didn't even know there was a generic. It doesn't come in the chewable, though. My Toby easily takes his chewable every day.. not so with capsules. :( Good luck to your friends doggie. Silly |
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| I am totally against Rimadyl generic or otherwise. I think that particular medication should be used as a last resort when dealing with pain management. I know most veets do not prescribe vicodin since the owners are more likely to abuse it themselves, but my dog uses it for his chronic pain issues. Given half a tab with a pepcid to protect his tummy it has less potential to damage the liver as Rimayl does. FYI ONLY. |
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- Posted by bessiedawg (My Page) on Fri, Dec 8, 06 at 18:55
| I agree with mazer on this one. I have a dog with liver damage that was done 6 years ago due to this med. We did the labs before our old gal started this medicine and within 2 weeks she already had significant liver damage. I know that there are much safer drug options,hopefully Meghane will jump in here and give you a list. More FYI from experience. |
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| You wrote: "Rimadyl's cost is $4.50/pill." Really? Frankly, that sounds way out of line. |
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| We are using Deramax, which is also quite pricey. I have to say that it does work well. I really don't know very much about Rimadyl, but our dog takes the Deramax for advanced hip dysplasia. I would think if there was a generic, your vet would have offered it to you??? How old is your dog? |
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| The pill cost was thru DD's vet. $4.50/pill was the amount they quoted her. DD asked about generic (Novoxx) and the vet tech said either Dermaxx (?) or Novoxx would be acceptable. DD ordered the Novoxx thru petmeds.com. Even the Rimadyl was way less on petmeds.com. (something like half the price of the vet) She knows about the side effects, my sisters Dobie was on Rimadyl for a year or two, everything was fine with his liver. It helped him lots! |
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| All of the NSAIDs have both the potential to cause gastric ulcers and may also have adverse effects on the liver, kidney, or both. It depends on the reaction of the individual dog, not on the drug itself. Any dog may have an adverse reaction to any drug, not just liver problems with Rimadyl. Deramaxx is known to cause kidney disease with chronic use in some dogs, for example. If one NSAID doesn't work or has adverse effects, you can always switch to another. You just have to wait 2 weeks after stopping one before starting the next. Otherwise the drugs may accumulate and have a greater potential for gastric ulcers. Tramadol is a synthetic opioid that may be used for pain control during the switch period. Another option is combining different types of pain control medications. My K'Ehleyr is on both Rimadyl and tramadol because she has severe back pain. Her pain cannot be adequately controlled using safe levels of either single drug, but by combining the 2 she is on a lower dose of Rimadyl which is safer. You may consider asking your vet about adding tramadol to your dog's pain control regimen. It is very inexpensive- I just got 300 tablets for K'Ehleyr at a cost of $50 from the vet school. For her, that is a 3 month supply, and she's on 6 tablets a day. A smaller dog may not need as much. The generic drug name for Rimadyl is carprofen. I'm not sure what Novoxx is. When I googled it, all I got was stuff in German (?). That may help find other alternatives. |
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| What Meghane said. My girl was doing fine on Metacam and then I starting worrying that perhaps one of the other NSAIDs could do better. A few doses of Tramadol put her in the emergency room, and a couple of weeks of Prevacox led to her worsening in the rear. She's back on Metacam and doing just fine. But, we closely monitor her bloodwork as well. What I learned - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. And one NSAID can work wonders for one dog and do nothing or cause problems for another. I think it also depends on the age of your dog. Mine is 12+ and in her case it boils down to quality of life. I'd use a drug that might be considered more "dangerous" if it made her feel better than anything else. If she were five, I'd probably make a difference choice. |
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| Meghane, Novox (mispelled in OP) is also carprofen. It is the same thing... |
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| Metacam worked great for our Brittany. Really helped her quality of life. |
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| This is an old thread that I happened on, from 2006. It's now 2009, but I have an addition. Meghan mentioned that she found 300 tabs of Tramadol for $50. I can do better. I purchase that med at Target, 200 tabs for $14. It's a people med, too. |
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- Posted by Lizard(dsher63@yahoo.com) onTue, Jun 21, 11 at 18:36
| My dog Lizard is now on Novox, because it was cheaper of course. It's ashamed we have to choose knowing that one may be better for them(Liver & such)She (Lizard) has been on rimadyl before and I loved the fact that they are chewable and I would have liked her to be on them again, but because of cost I had to choose the generic Novox. I havn't seen any other problems so I hope for Lizards sake, I didn't make her sicker by trying to help her.So I guess I am trying to say that I have had no (visable) problems on either of the meds. Good Luck with your with your doggie. |
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| For my dog Sassy, I have been using Norocarp Caplets which is another generic brand compared to the Novox. These are even more affordable than the Novox if people want to save money. I buy mine at: http://www.californiapetpharmacy.com/norocarp-caplets.html Hope this helps! -Mia |
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| There are many generics for Carprofen on the market now, and as far as we can tell they seem to work as well as the original Rimadyl. I know some people are terrified of NSAIDS, particularly the more commonly used ones as those ones have the most common hype about them on the internet, but I certainly do not find them that dangerous. To me, Rimadyl IS a first line of pain killer as it has such a good safety record and works so well (though the other Carprofens are equally good- but I don't know of any that come as a yummy chewable like Rimadyl does). I have treated many dozens of dogs now for Rimadyl overdose (dogs eat entire bottles sometimes), and so far, with treatment, not a simgle problem (there have been problems, however, with dogs that ate a whole bottle and didn't get treatment... either the owner didn't know, or figured it would be OK- NOTa good situation!). I cannot say the same about Metacam or certainly Deramaxx... overdoses with those two are always very serious, even with immediate treatment. Either way, if NO overdose, all seem relatively safe (actually, can't say that about Deramxx as I have seen several deaths personally from that drug that cannot be explained away by overdosing). Tramadol is a good painkiller, too, but only a pain killer... does not bring down inflammation or help with swelling etc. Still, if all one needs is a painkiller alone, this is probably the safest choice there is on the market- never seen a problem with this drug even on overdose (a rare situation as it does not come as a chewable), though dogs that take too much get pretty loopy sometimes. There does not seem to be any advantage to taking over the prescribed dose of Tramadol, by the way- does not work any better for pain than the right dose... just a waste of medication (and tempting fate, too.... just because it seems safe, does not mean it will always be in every case)... so just give the dose prescribed. |
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- Posted by petcrazygrl (My Page) on Wed, May 16, 12 at 13:14
| When I need meds for my animals I always buy them from Drs.Foster and Smith. I find them to be the cheapest on alot of supplies. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Drs. Foster and Smith
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