Rimdyl

I assume you mean disseminated intravascular coagulation(DIC) which can be caused by a LOT of things. I guess it's possible the med could be responsible, but more often then not, it's actually attributed to the injury itself (meaning the leg injury). You unfortunately will never be able to prove what caused it If it improves, it is frequently after the underlying illness improves. It is wierd to happen this far out from starting the drug and having the injury.

My vet is going to do an ultra sound on him today to see if there is tumor causing the problem.  I really don't know what caused his leg injury because he was limping when I got home from work we had assumed that he hurt playing with other big dog.  I  have pretty much made up my mind that I am going to take him off the Rimdyl and put him on plain aspirin from what I have read it seems safer with less side effects and could help control the DIC long enough that we might discover the root of the cause.
 
Jason

Has your dog had x-rays of the injured leg? If so, did they find anything?

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My vet is going to do an ultra sound on him today to see if there is tumor causing the problem.  I really don't know what caused his leg injury because he was limping when I got home from work we had assumed that he hurt playing with other big dog.  I  have pretty much made up my mind that I am going to take him off the Rimdyl and put him on plain aspirin from what I have read it seems safer with less side effects and could help control the DIC long enough that we might discover the root of the cause.

Jason

I don't know... I would actually avoid aspirin (or any other anti-coagulant) after a dog had DIC. DIC isn't something to mess around with...

He, did have x-rays and they did not show anything.  Aspirin is a anti-coagulant and that is why I have been thinking about using because the I understand DIC I need to actually reduce the coagulation to bring it under control.  Here is a website that a vet tech gave me about it [linkhttp://www.vspn.net/vspnsearch/aow/dic.htm]http://www.vspn.net/vspnsearch/aow/dic.htm[/link].

I can tell you this, any of the NSAIDs are dangerous.  My vet will n ot prescribe Rimadyl because of the high rate of reactions he has seen.  i had my druggesit look it up and he described it as "nasty stuff".    My olest golden will be 12 in 10 days and has arthritis in  hips and lower spine.  I give him joint sups each day, plus i have White Willow Bark to give him if he seems to be hurting. 
 
Since I have never used NSAIDs since i learned about them (my 7 1/2 year old golden was on EtoGesic (?) following k nee surgery 5 years ago, but at the time i knew nothing about them) but from a couple of dog healthy forums i belong to, it seems that probably Metacam is the safest, rimadyl the most dangerous.  This is just opinions of ones who have lost a dog to one of t hem or has a dog on one of them now.

S_S I appreciate the info I am going to have a serious talk with my vet this evening about alternatives to Rimdyl, I am not keen on Aspirin either but from what I have read it is the safest of th NSAIDs but I will be looking for alternatives.
 
Jason 

I do believe there is an asprin made for dogs, or one that is is not as rough on their tummies.  I am terrified of the NSAIDs.  On one of my golden retriever boards I suspect it killed a pup after spay.  She was born with a bad heart and not expected to live, but she did and she improved to the point the cardiologist said she should be spayed because it was very unadvisable for her to ever get pregnant.  Well, she came thru the operation just fine, they put her on rimadyl and 3 days later her liver shut down and they had to send her to the bridge.  I have always believed it was the rimadyl that did it..as do some of the others on the forum..  Rimadyl seems to attack the liver very fast in some dogs.
 
You can learn more about NSAIDs and alternatives by going to [linkhttp://www.dogsadversereactions.com]www.dogsadversereactions.com[/link] and clicking on NSAIDs Section.  This site was started by a lady who almost lost her pug to Proheart6, the 6 momth heartworm preventatvie injection that came out about 6 years ago.  I lost my one golden to it oct. 16, 2003.   Hunter's story & picture is in the Moxidectin Section Victims and Surviors.  It was pulled from the market 10 months after Hunter died.  But anyway, she has expanded to include the NSAIDs, vax, etc.  It is a very informative site.
 
I don't think you said how old your golden is.  My 7 year old, KayCee (littermate to Hunter, the one i lost to PH6) had to h ave both knees operated on for luxating patellas.  The first one at 16 months, the other 14 months later.  The second was worse bcaue it also required ACL repair.

Thanks for the site I am going to do some reading on right now.  Baron is 5.

Just got back from the vet they did a ultrasound and found a mass he was able to get a sample and it tested positive for cancer.  Since appearently the cancer was the cause of his leg being hurt that is what also caused the DIC so at least in this case it was not the Rimdyl after all []

Gosh, I'm so sorry, Keep up posted on his progress, sending good vibes your way!!!

Here is a picture of Baron when he was a puppy I love this picture.

Ah, he is the cutest thing I've ever seen. What a sweetie!!!

He was a beautiful puppy, is a beautiful "grown-up."  What does the vet say?  Is the cancer in his bone  or muscle?  What line of treatment was suggested?  Ten years ago this summer I lost my irish Setter to bone cancer.  He was 12 1/2 and already some some arthritis in his shoulder so we opted not to do the rear leg amputation and just let h im have 10 great, wonderful fun filled weeks til we know it had spread to his shoulder.  Had he been young we probably would have gone for the amputation.