Comments on: Canine Cancer Surgery: Dog Owners…Check on the pain control!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:13:33 +0000

My 12-yr old Am. Staff Terrier had a large mast cell tumor surgically removed from her front left armpit area ~12 days ago. It turned out to be a Grade 3 tumor. We already have found mast cells in her lymph node area, which could be part of the original tumor they could not remove or growth in the lymph node. She seems to have increased pain from 12 to 2 AM, when she starts panting heavily. She also panted during a reiki session. Have you seen this in other cancer dogs? She is on Tramadol (150 mg x twice daily) and Prednisone (20 mg @ 8 PM, 10 mg @ 8 AM). Does this mean she is just hiding the pain better during the day? Any thoughts on this? Thanks in advance for any advice.

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By: Ellen

Ellen — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:04:06 +0000

Dear Dr. D.,
My 15 1/2 year old poodle has nasal cancer which I was told to just let him live out the rest of his days at his age. I have watched him lose both eyes sight now and the cancer has spread throughout the rest of his body. My main concern was pain also so I have used 50 to
100 mcg patches and amitriptyline. It seems to make him calm for a brief period, then he gets hyper. Any suggestions?
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By: SammyTerO

SammyTerO — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:58:58 +0000

Wow. nice arcticle

By: marci elliott

marci elliott — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:15:11 +0000

Oops..spelled it incorrectly…AMANTADINE NOT amandatine…..

By: marci elliott

marci elliott — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:11:49 +0000

My dog was getting spaced out on Tram…so now my vet has prescribed Amandatine and he is doing just phenomenally! Never heard of this drug before…but it is a wonder drug- at least for my dog….He takes 200 mg once a day in the morning with 40mg of pred…..and then 20 mg pred at night…working great…my dog has terminal cancer…covering the cranial vault, C1-C2, and in the left mastication muscle…docs were not able to de-bulk the tumor…was diagnosed in Nov. 2007 had 15 radiations and 6 chemos- completing them all in april 2008..on 30 chinese herbs in the am and pm and on a special diet I make in the crock pot once a week…Chiropractic and acupuncture once or twice a month……We’ve had our ups and downs in the past three months but he is still here and right now— doing great!!

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:27:38 +0000

Hi there,

Our dog has cancer and we have looked everywhere for some clear information on outer limits of dosing for Tramadol. He recently started once per day Gabapentin and that seemed to boost his relief, but now I’m thinking he is in pain again. He currently gets Tram 100mg 3x/day, are there any studies that support a higher dose? How high can we go before another med becomes the better choice?

By: Dr. Dressler

Dr. Dressler — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:43:21 +0000

You are welcome and good luck!
D

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:37:57 +0000

I just wanted to say thank you for posting this information. My 6 yr old Lab/Chow mix started limping in Jan. But the x-rays only showed inflammation at that point, which we attributed to him compensating for the other leg (my vet “put his other front leg together,” after he was clipped by a car, and the first “parent” surrendered him due to the cost of surgery. I adopted him 3 months later when he was then 7 months old)

Deramaxx worked well until October. At which, a 2nd set of x-rays were done on Oct 15th, and the results of an extremely slow growing bone cancer were apparent.

2 Tramadol every 6 hrs worked well for about 4 weeks. We then bumped up to 3 Tramadol every 8 hours (every 6 hrs seemed a bit much for him)

And now ( Nov 25th) I just returned from picking up Gabapentin (yeah, I know. I have a “new” and hip vet. She’s the greatest!) I’m hoping that this new med on top of the others, will get my boy back into a more comfortable state again, for as long as *sigh* well, as long as possible I guess..

In the end, we really are the health advocate of these wonderful lives which have been loaned to us. Thank you again for your postings (this was the only one I found regarding bone cancer and gabapentin use!!)

Keep your fingers crossed for as many pain free days as possible..

By: Dr. Dressler

Dr. Dressler — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:39:28 +0000