How much tramadol should I give my 6 pound dog with a bad tooth pain?
I want to know the dose of tramadol for bad tooth pain in dogs?
Question posted by lorichia8 on 17 Oct 2016
Last updated on 23 October 2017 by Precisionbrown
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5 Answers
Precisionbrown
24 Oct 2017
Since tramadol is prescibed by weight you should be fine. The pup should be ok. I’ve double dosed my dog by accident and he’s fine. It just seems everytime I take my Pug to the Vet it’s always $200-250. Now that’s important but I don’t have that kind of money so i’m trying the medication
Petdoconwheels
23 July 2017
I'm a mobile veterinarian and deal with end-of-life situations in pets. It's been my experience that tramadol does very little for pain and actually causes symptoms that the owner believes to be pain. These include crying, inability to get comfortable, anxiety, weakness and dysphoria. I've had at least 10 cases where the owners have called me for compassionate euthanasia because of the above symptoms. After consulting with them, the owners stopped the tramadol and the animals returned to normal. Some dogs tolerate the medication better than others. However, I don't feel it does much for pain. This is just a cautionary note and you need to follow your veterinarian's advice.
chuck1957
19 Oct 2016
lorich; Please take it to the vet as soon as possible bad teeth also affect the dog's general health. Anyway, my dog is 18 lbs and we just had 6 teeth extracted the dose was 25mg every 12 hours and she did just fine and this was for only 3 days.
MeggieGirl
17 Oct 2016
0.45-1.8 mg per pound of pets weight given by mouth every 8-12 hours.
Love your pet? Take it to the vet.
chuck1957
19 Oct 2016
Great answer Meggie, I just don't like to see any animal suffer for any reason.
MeggieGirl
20 Oct 2016
I am TOTALLY with you. I knew that you could give baby aspirin to a feline, and it was driving me up a wall because this was pre-internet days (well, it was when everyone got an AOL CD mailed to their house LOL) and no one knew how to get to a webpage b/c there was no such thing as Google, and I was TERRIFIED of killing him. I only recently found out that they can take Tramadol! I thought you had get that Meloxicam stuff (or whichever one isn't the antibiotic but is the pain killer). There's nothing like an animal suffering... they are our children. In this case, I just hope that some help can come in the form of oral surgery. It depends on which vet you go to, but if $$ if at all a concern, I know at least the Banfield's they have inside Petsmarts offer CareCredit, which is a credit card they approve for people even with really low credit scores.
You can use it for vet bills, your own dental bills, and a bunch more things, but the nice part is that each transaction is given 12, 18, or 24 months to pay off (you decide) before interest hits. I had $1,600 in crowns on my toofers almost immediately followed by ~$750 in vet bills, and I never would have been able to pay for either without it. Good seeing you, Chuck, and Best Wishes to the OP! :)
chuck1957
20 Oct 2016
Meggie; You are so right, And just love the pet Insurance through Banfield also, And just take them in and depending on the plan you get or pick it's pretty reasonable. We use the one in Gresham,Oregon, and all the people are so nice and treat our 2 dogs like they were there, Yes so true too I got a good laugh out of the old AOL DAYS what a joke compared to what we do now. Well, have a great evening my dear friend always nice to see your kindness overflow to some of our real needy people here. We'll catch you again soon. Chuck. P.S. so true these dogs I have now are so helpful. oh, by the way, had to go to my cancer doctor and remission is good after 10.4 months Just side effects still from the chemo. But not bad considering my funeral was being planned last JUNE well June of 15 I had only about a 5% chance of coming thru. I am so lucky. Hope all is well with you and yours chuck
ShelleyEMB
17 Oct 2016
Please call your vetrinarian. Your dog deserves that and so do you. Pain is a symptom that something isn't right. Your pet may need dental work. Your vet will help you. Make the appointment without delay.
Stephen Treloar
17 Oct 2016
WildcatVet would be the member who would answer this best. If you search for the post, it is about dogs and Tramadol. The upshot was that pound for pound dogs needed more Tramadol than humans for similar relief. I don't know how you would scale down a human dose to a six pound dog. Follow the above advice as extraction is the treatment of choice to relieve dental pain in dogs with teeth abscesses or pain from decay. I doubt you can get teeth filled in a dog unless you have money; but I've been well known to be wrong before now.
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