We are just going to plan for every 4 weeks now, so there should be no supply issue. When we order the dose, it lasts for 2 sessions. It costs 141 euro so I pay for the first session and the second is "free"
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I agree
@Natalie about the very senior old dogs on facebook and some people making/assuming incorrect assumptions of the side effects.
For now it's onwards and upwards!
Hi everyone,
I registered especially to comment on Librela and old dogs.
My collie (sorry Lab fans !) Is 15 and has really bad arthritis as well as a dodgy pancreas. She had shown signs of dementia which we managed quite well with Senilife - she also recently had an inflamed liver and had stopped being able to groom past her midsection.
Finding pain relief for her has got progressively more difficult due to the limitations of what her body can actually take as well as what works.
I am a Brit living in Italy and the vets here very much encourage trying complementary therapies as well as new initiatives (cannot get acupuncture anywhere though !).
Hence Librela came into our lives at the point where I was just starting to consider the PTS option. We have had some joy with Joint Genie but only to manage the next few hours to keep her comfortable.
Long story short, its been nothing short of a miracle.
Not only has it given her a decent return to mobility but it has also helped the dementia symptoms. She can even bend around enough to groom her back end again !
The one thing our vet did say was to not let her suddenly launch back into exercise - so she has not returned to walks and instead continues to have a pootle around the orchard every morning and then she mooches around the ground floor of the house as she fancies it. Very cold weather has a noticeable impact on her and she now wears a jumper at all times. She wants to do more but we have heeded our vets words. With the link to the inflammation and pain paused by this drug, we have even seen her personality return to a time when she was quite a bit younger / not in pain.
In terms of side effects, definitely noted her being quiet for the first few days and some bloating / farting issues for 10 days or so - there has been intermittent bloating since but a course of Nucron sorted that.
I know we cannot tell what will work with our dogs but when I saw there had been some negative feedback on this drug, I felt compelled to provide some balance. Of course, we may be a total outlier in terms of outcomes.
When nearly all options had been removed for us, this worked.
Hope this helps.
luckily, the vet had something a bit more scientific in mind and I just went with it.
