Posted by admin | Posted in Dog Care Tips | Posted on 18-03-2006
Tags: arthritis, aspirin, can give my dog aspirin pain, canine, dog, dogs
Can I use just plain aspirin for my dog instead of buffered?
Our dog has swimmers ear. He is a big 90 lb chocolate lab and the vet told my daughter to give him buffered aspirin 2 tablets twice a day. I was looking for bufferin and the store did not have it, so I substituted plain 325 mg aspirin tablets. Is that OK? When I came home he was laying in the yard kind of listless, not really giving a crap, so I wrapped 2 aspirin in a hot dog and he gobbled them up. When I came home 1 hour later, he was all happy and jumping around. I think he must be in pain and the aspirin took it away.
He loves water and we live next to a creek which drains into a river. He heads on down and jumps in the water and sticks his nose down in the beaver holes and chases them into the water. He is all water dog. He is in his big fenced in back yard now because he needs to stay out of the water.
We have 3 bottles of medicine here for the dog from the vet, Oti-clense, Swimmers ear astringent and Otomax ointment. He shoould be feeling better by tommorrow.
Ascriptin is the aspirin I use, if I use aspirin. It is coated with Maalox and is very easy on the stomach.
This time the dog should be ok, but don't use plain aspirin in the future. There are plenty of "buffered" aspirins besides Bufferin brand now. Generic is cheapest.
But there are better pain killers for dogs than aspirin.
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