Prednisone for Dogs – What You Need to Know
Treating Your Dog’s Pain…
Pets, just like their people, can be diagnosed with severe and even deadly diseases. It’s sad and painful to see, but sometimes unavoidable. Of course, modern medicine has been able aid, and even cure some very painful diseases. But not all animal aches and medicines are the same. When looking to settle and even eliminate joint pains in cats and dogs, there’s an all-natural, easy-to-digest supplement on the market that focuses on fixing a particular, widespread issue.
Before we discuss that option, let’s look at an oft-used, sometimes over-prescribed pharmaceutical drug that veterinarians tend to push on pets and may not be necessary.
What Is Prednisone?
The drug is prednisone, a steroid suitable for both pets and humans. In animals, however, it’s mostly used to treat Addison’s disease to help create the glucocorticoids the pet’s body isn’t creating on its own. What’s more, prednisone is an immune system suppressor, which can lead to a variety of other issues. Dosages for prednisone are usually anywhere between 0.5 and 0.18 milligrams per pound. Overdosing on this drug could lead to medical emergencies, such as seizures, loss of hearing, anxiety, depression, and high blood pressure.
Quick Facts:
Typically Used For:
Arthritis, Inflamation, Addison’s Disease
Recommended Dosage:
Typical dosage is about 0.1mg/lb
Potential Side Effects:
Diabetes, Vomiting, Diarrhea, Aggression, Altered Behavior, among others.
How it works:
Prednisone is a corticosteroid, which is meant to resemble a naturally occuring horomone, and blocks the production of substances that trigger inflammatory and immune responses.
Can I Use Something Safer?
So how do we treat our dogs’ pain without giving them more issues? Let’s take a look at FlexPet, an all-natural joint pain relief supplement that can be used for both cats and dogs. The chewable tablets are designed to nourish the joints, support stronger cartilage, stimulate the lubricating fluid in the joints, and increase mobility as well as reduce pain and inflammation.
Here’s where FlexPet separates itself from the pack: it is an all-natural supplement, so there are no side effects – which means no sedation or stomach aches for your healing pet; and we are so confident in results, FlexPet comes with a 90-day money back guarantee.
There’s also no prescription needed for FlexPet, unlike Tramadol, which is a Prescription IV drug. While used to ease some arthritis issues, Tramadol is often prescribed to treat anxiety, canine degenerative myelopathy, and coughing, showing the drug’s use as a general treatment medication, unlike FlexPet, which is used to aim directly at the inflammation and arthritis issues found in pets.
Prescribed drugs and medications typically have a 20% effectiveness rate and only serve to cover up pain, while FlexPet is 80% effective and gets to the root of the problem. That’s thanks to FlexPet’s patented ingredient, CM8, also known as cetyl myristoleate, which is natural and lubricates and reduces swelling in the joints.
Quite simply, FlexPet means no more prescriptions, no more side effects, and no more pet pain.
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What dosage would you give a 90lb and a 105 shepherd for arthritis? The shepherds are 10.5 years old. I have tree walker who is currently on prednisone for inflammation for a cough. Will this hurt or help? He is 29 lbs about 12 years old. He is a rescue so that is why age is approximate.
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For a 90lb dog, we typically recommend 4 tablets a day, and starting with 5 tablets per day for 2 weeks to boost the supplement in his system (basically, to “load up”). You can give this to your dog along with prednisone. It’s an all-natural supplement and will not interfere with the medication. However, we typically find that customers are able to wean their dogs off of medications like prednisone or tramadol after a few weeks to a month of being on Flexpet. I may not necessarily help a cough (depending on cause), but it will help with inflammation and pain.
Hope that helps. Please let us know if you have any more questions!