Are nutraceuticals better than carprofen at controlling osteoarthritis in dogs?

Belshaw, Z.; Brennan, M.

Abstract

Sally, a 12-year-old female neutered black Labrador, is presented to you with right forelimb lameness. She has decreased range of movement in both hips and the right elbow. You radiograph her hips, stifles, shoulders and elbows and find she has significant osteoarthritis in all joints. You recommend a course of carprofen (Rimadyl; Zoetis), but Sally’s owner takes daily glucosamine for her own osteoarthritis and wants to know if it works in dogs. You wonder if a nutraceutical could control the clinical signs of osteoarthritis better than carprofen?

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 1, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Oct 25, 2018
• Publication Date: Oct 27, 2018
• Deposit Date: Apr 21, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 21, 2020
• Journal: Veterinary Record
• Print ISSN: 0042-4900
• Electronic ISSN: 2042-7670
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 183
• Issue: 16
• Pages: 507-508
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.k4486
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4050564
• Publisher URL: https://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/183/16/507
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