Our maltise, Jesse, is having some discomfort due to his luxating patella....Question is; Can we give him pain medicine that was prescribed for our cat when she had a couple of teeth pulled? the name of the med is, Buprenophine, mucosal
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Experienced Advisor Mark Nunez says:
January 04th, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Yes, you can. However, and non-steroidal antiinflamatory and long term glucosamine are going to be much more beneficial.
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