I Have a Pill Popping Vet
August 21st, 2008 by KenricI took my dog to the vet last week because he’d look like he had some trouble jumping up. The vet took some x-rays and we found out that my dog has arthritis. My dog can walk, jog and run fine. The only thing he can’t do is stand up. He’s also got some redness on his belly and is scratching it.
On the phone she was talking to me like this was a fatal disease. She outlined many options which all included a variety of drugs. She also mentioned accupuncture or hip replacement surgery if it ever came to that. Even before I went to the vet on this visit I felt that my vet was one of those doctors that cures everything with pills. I’ve heard of those types of doctors for dogs and for humans.
She literally prescribed my dog with 4 different pills. One is just glucosamine chondrotin, one is an antibiotic for his “infection” on his belly, one is for the pain of arthritis and one is for allergies (scratching). Now, I’m not much of a believer in medicine. I don’t take any medicine and generally avoid drugs at all costs. Sometimes I’m torn with giving my dog all these pills. I don’t know if I should let my belief hinder my dog’s need for drugs. While I certainly believe that he needs the glucosamine and the antibiotics right now. I don’t think he needs the pain meds or the allergy pills. The last thing I want is a dog hopped up on pills all the time. Remember, the pain pills were prescribed as one a day for the rest of his life. I’m sure the fact that they are $2.00 a pill makes her prescribe them even more.
The last time I went to a doctor for something she said my eyes were red. I said that they were always slightly red. She said it was probably an allergy since it was allergy season. I told her they didn’t itch or bother me at all. She said, I can prescribe something for your allergies.
I mean what is better? Red eyes with no discomfort or white eyes and the side effects of an allergy medicine. Seriously, is that the solution for everything. Take a pill?
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As a kid, I remember having all kinds of tests and blood work, etc done before I was prescribed medication.
Now if I just mention that I burped after lunch, Doctors want to prescribe me something.
By Clifford on Aug 22, 2008
Don’t get me started on the state of medicine and the fact that big pharma pretty much runs things. If you’re really interested- you should look into homeopathic treatment- atleast your dog does not have suffer the side effects and then have more medicines prescribed for those. Here’s a few links :
http://www.pets.ca/articles/article-homeo.html
http://www.pets4homeopathy.com/
http://www.altmd.com/Articles/Homeopathy-for-Pets
Good luck
By Anon on Aug 22, 2008
I went to India for my hip replacement surgery. Actually it was not because of the money but endless wait that I had to do for my surgery at Charlottetown. I decided to do my surgery in India. I contacted a medical tourism company http://www.valuemedicare.com they were great. They helped me with everything. The standard of healthcare in India is much better than Canada and if you are suffering due to long wait time it is better to go there.
By Amartha on Aug 25, 2008
You should have read that book I sent you. It’s about how dogs don’t need all the things vets say they do (heartworm pills, yearly vaccinations, etc. etc.), and how these things can actually be harmful. No more medicines for my dog.
By knuckle_headed on Aug 25, 2008