My Dog Has Hip Pain And I Think Arthritis, What Type Of Medicine Can I Give Her, Aspirin Or Ibuprofen ? She Is Approx. 80-85 Lbs. Lab Mix.

There are many medicines available to manage pain in dogs. But, you should not use any drug either for animal use or human use without consulting a vet because he can decide dose and duration of use after measuring risk benefit ratio.  Following is list of non steroidal anti inflammatory medicines that can be use to kill pain in dogs.

1. Aspirin
2. Rimadyl
3. Meloxicam
4. Tepoxalin
5. Etogesic
6. Deracoxib

There can be many more but names of these medicines can be different in your country. You should get advice from your vet before use.

My dog is 8 yrs old and about 80 lbs also. I asked my vet, and a good friend who is a vet. Tech. They both said that glucosamine is good for joint/arthritis problems. My dog gets one pill (100mg) once a day.

Too many baby aspirin causes a dog to bleed thru it's internal organs and will eventually urinate blood. This happened to my springer after about 3 months of aspirin for hip pain. I had to give the dog pepcid-AC to reverse the effects of the aspirin. A vet can prescribe a safe pain med for you pet. So you can give a pet baby aspirin for a short time but not for a long period.

You should consider taking the dog to the vet. Large breed dogs are sometimes prone to hip dysplasia. However, if it is arthritis I would think ibuprofin as it is anti-inflamatory.