My Yorkie who has syringomeylia has been on previcox tablets but has not been that well on them, stomach always looks swollen at night and has recently had a really upset stomach, I took her to the vet and she was put on kaolin that was in a syringe, and also antibiotics and I was told to stop the previcox until her stomach is better, she has been fine without the previcox and full of life and her stomach upset has cleared up now and I am really dubious about putting her back on the previcox. I am now thinking that she probably does not need an anti-inflammatory painkiller every day with how well she has been, and that it would probably be better to just give her a painkiller when I know she is in pain, as she then jumps if you go to touch her, so it is quite obvious that she is in pain. When she had her cattaract done the eye vet gave her flexicam and at that time she was not too good with the syringomylia, but it had not then been diagnosed what was wrong with her but she was back to herself and full of life on the flexicam, so I am thinking that she would be better on that when she is in pain, flexicam is a liquid that has metacam in it. I would like some advice as my vet is not very good and not really interested at all since she was diagnosed by a specialist and the specialist has now referred me back to my vet so I do not think I should pester the specialist asking questions, but if I ask my vet I get, I don't know anything about syringomylia, but when she was first diagnosed, he phoned me up and said he would not be treating with the medication that the specialist was. So I really can't win with him. But unfortunately he is the only vet near where I live.

Of course you need to be guided by your vet, but we had our old dog collapse and nearly die on Previcoxx - his brother  (not with us) did die.      I think the vets will say it's a risk with any NSAID

Jo

Thank you for replying thats awful what happened to your dogs, definitely don't think I will use previcox anymore.

> But unfortunately he is the only vet near where I live.

I get on the motorway to my vet.  I have several a lot nearer, but I prefer having the best.

I would honestly say try a couple of practise runs to vets that you consider "out of area."

My pyrenees was on previcox for several months. We had to take him off too as he stopped eating properly! When his blood was tested it was found that the liver values were slightly out (now all is back to normal a month after stopping the previcox). All NSAIDs can have major side effects, and if your yorkie showed side effects on previcox, I am surprised that your vet wants to put her back on it! I certainly wouldn't! Ask your vet to try a different NSAID.

Vera

I have a Rott that's almost 10 years old and he was prescribed previcox for his legs, the change was fantastic he was turbo charged but after a few days on them they started making him sick so I stopped giving them to him, he now has 1 carprodyl tablet every day and he is fine on that and they don't make him sick.  I know with some long term medication they may cause problems but for my boy it's quality of life as I know his back legs will give up on him so if he is pain free and can enjoy a walk then I'm happy at his age.

This is a reply to Jeansw thank you for your reply I think you are right, I should change my vet, especially after speaking to him today, he is so arrogant and seemed to think I should carry on using previcox, as he has so many dogs on it that are fine, and it does not upset their stomachs, but the funny part is that when I needed some more tablets, he said he didn't use those and would have to get some in for me, specialist that gave them originally, and they have said they should be changed if giving an upset stomach, anyhow after me insisting trying some other, he said he had never heard of flexicam, but he wouldn't use that after I said it had metacam in it, but he could let me have some other tablets if I went down to the surgery, that is because he wants more money, and he should have heard of flexicam as the optivet would have informed him what he put her on when she had her eye done. And I eventually got a phone call from him at 7.pm tonight, I phoned yesterday at lunchtime and was told he was on half day and the vet there in the afternoon would not know anything about it so phone at 3pm today and I would be able to speak to him, just as well it was not really urgent, I was told at 3.pm he would phone me back as he was busy. I'm looking for another vet tomorrow.

Thank you all for replies, pleased to hear you have found some tablets that suit your dog and give him a decent quality of life, its like that for mine she is not going to be cured, its just a case of giving her quality life without pain, but luckily at the moment she seems to be fine, without painkillers, she is also 10years old. Also it states everywhere I have read anything about previcox that dogs weighing less than 3 kilo should not have it, and mine is only about 2.5 kilo now.

> I'm looking for another vet tomorrow.

Good luck!  It's worth a longer journey if you find one that will actually listen to you.  Mine isn't cheap, but he will always listen to what I have to say, and accepts that I know my own dogs.

He'll talk through anything with me, and that is important to me.