Anyone's dog having monthly Librela injections for arthritis?

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Good idea? Does your insurance cover it? DDog is nearly 10, had my suspicions for a while, now vet is saying likely arthritis hips and spine. He's a lot better on the rheumacam but the vet is saying Librela is less risky long term. Ideas & experiences please

(Oh and is that turmeric paste worthwhile for arthritis too?)

One of them is still on galliprant plus librella, the other had bad stomach/reaction to the various pain meds. Mine do have tumeric tablets and those seemed to help.

@Greenaeonium your greyhound x sounds similar to mine (although bigger). Mines 14, osteoarthritis, muscle wastage back legs wobbly, scuffing claws, IBS ... Bless them

He’s breaking my heart 💔🥺

I had a long discussion about this with the Vet, and after doing a lot of reading online, I decided to opt for Galliprant instead. My boy is 13 next month, and it's been life changing for him. One dose last 24 hours. His arthritis is worst in his hips and legs.

He was on Cartrophen before that, and that was also effective but it was a 4 x once weekly course of injections that lasted for around 6 months. It was very tying for those 4 weeks if you don't live close to your surgery however.

So my elderly dog was on metcam but after nearly a year had acute heammorhagic diarrhoea. One of the possible side effects of metcam is gastro issues so I haven’t continued with this. The vet had mentioned about Librela but I was unsure about it after reading up on it. Vet did say she’d be happy with me doing the injections so I think it was only going to be around £30 a month so wouldn’t have been worth claiming for. I’ve got her on Calpol now which is working well.

Please check this out. My Jack Russell went on Librella which cost £100 a month, though another local vet was charging £70. But cost is not important if it eases a
loved dog's pain and though it really stretched our budget, we managed it. However, our previously fastidious dog became incontinent and then started to fit and rapidly decline. The vet, of course, refused to make the link but if you research you'll see both these side effects mentioned frequently by other owners. I would never use Librella again.

This. Our dog had one injection and 5 hours later lost the use of one his back legs. He had to have a very expensive operation at the royal veterinary college to fix it. The surgeon said he would never recommend Librella to anyone as he’s seen so many dogs suffer from similar, but that he couldn’t say more whilst the investigation was ongoing. I don’t 💯 know that what caused our boys leg to go, but I wouldn’t risk it!

My old lab died 18 months ago, at that time, my independent vets practice advised trying librella ( he was 13 and riddled with arthritis).
He had 3, they did nothing for him and he was put to sleep when it was clear that pain relief wasn't giving him what he needed.
My younger one is now coming up to 13 and has gone from super active to plodding, and in obvious discomfort.
This time around, vet said we could give Librella a go if we wanted to, but she certainly wasn't recommending it - gave me chapter and verse on the negatives.
I suppose as time has gone on, there is now a much deeper understanding of the side effects.
Mine is an old girl, her pain is well controlled for now, but she will have no further treatments, had she been a lot younger, I may have considered giving it a go, so, in my opinion, if they're young, give it a go, if they're old, be more reserved.