Natural Pain Relievers - Should You Forego Conventional Medicine Or Not For Your Pet?

Did you ever think of natural pain relief therapy
for your own pet?

While walking with your dog or observing your
cat at home you might have noticed some slight
alterations in posture, gait or behaviour and at
first you would not think bad about it, only, if
it is getting more obvious: your dog is getting
behind on her daily walk, your cat prefers a
place that is lower than the window sill.

Usually you would let your vet have them checked
out and if there was an underlying medical
condition that involves chronic pain, treatment
commences often with a NSAID pain killer, such
as meloxicam for example.

Now, prescribing these types of drugs for a
short time will normally help your pet to
recuperate and restore her former health status
within a few weeks.

However, often enough effective pain relief for
chronic conditions requires a more long term
approach, so that certain drug specific side
effects may stress your pet's body and organs
quite a bit.

Decrease of appetite, being in low spirits,
sleepiness and becoming less active are side
effects that seem to be accepted by most pet
owners.

If it goes further down to symptoms, such as
gastrointestinal problems or even stomach
ulceration and disturbed liver- or kidney
function, then you cannot ignore it anymore...
You will need to consult your vet and find
another drug or treatment.

People are then getting interested in natural
pain relief solutions that are effective enough,
but also gentle to the body. There is nowadays a
range of complementary treatments and therapies
available for our pets and animals and it is
definitely worth to search together with your
vet for the best alternative solution or for the
best combination of treatments from both worlds,
the conventional school medicine and alternative
treatment modalities.

The good news is pet insurance plans do now pay
for a whole range of complementary therapies,
but you will need to make sure what is
specifically covered in your individual pet
health plan. So, ask your insurance company
about it beforehand.

If you decide to try some alternative
treatments for your pet you need to make sure
that the therapist is licensed and knows what
he/she is doing. In some countries there is a
legal grey zone, which means a therapist does
not necessarily need to be a veterinarian.

It is questionable how much insight and
expertise one can gain from a few weeks'
training in comparison to obtaining a veterinary
degree and license. For example, in the United
Kingdom pet acupuncture can only be done by a
licensed veterinarian, whereas in some other
European countries people can practice with only
a few weekend seminars under their belt.

In conclusion, make sure to let your vet
determine a proper treatment plan for the
specific needs of your pet where they can
monitor the progress of your pet's medical
condition and ask them for alternative and
natural pain relieving treatments.


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