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Are there any side effects that pain and pain relievers don't share?
21 December 2009
12:11 am
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Thanks so much Pam! Between the stress and sleep deprivation, my memory went kinda blank on what to do for diarrhea. I actually just finished giving him some canned pumpkin (no added sugar) that I went out and bought because Jim and Rene were able to jog my memory on that little trick over the chat. Yay team! Tomorrow I will have chicken defrosted, so we'll try the bland food route too. My folks agreed to check on him mid-day Tuesday and Wednesday (and give him meds now probably), so it'll sure be good to have it cleared up before then, so they don't regret offering to help, heh heh.

No Immodium with Tramadol, that's interesting. I better file that away in my memory somewhere.

Also, I really really appreciated the reassurance that giving him more Tramadol has been the right call. Gosh, you had so many posts to read through too! Double thanks!! Or, because this is Tripawds after all, triple thanks!!! (One for each leg). Oh boy, now I'm getting loopy and I'm not the one on Tramadol.

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21 December 2009
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tazziedog said:

I would not use Immodium in combo with Tramadol.


Wow Pam, we had no idea, thank you so much for that info! We'll file that away with our tags here.

You rock!

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Can not add anything technically to the discussion, but just wanted to add support and add another THANKS to Pam for always being there for this community.

Prayers for Gerry and all,

Bob & Cherry

21 December 2009
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Hi GerrysFosterMom, Angus was on Rimadyl (100mg) and Tramadol (50mg) after his amputation. The Rimadyl made him depressed and he didn't want to eat half the time. I was making special foods that were his favorite so he would eat most of the time, just to get him to take his medicine, otherwise I would never get any food into him. The Tramadol always made him pant a LOT right after I gave it to him (and he was taking that 2-3x per day for pain or as needed) and very constipated. He would go out and pee but never wanted to have a bowel movement. So when I told the doctor this, she had me take him off of both meds because she didn't think he was in pain anymore and he finally had a bowel movement (but not before I put a couple of teaspoons of canned pumpkin in his food-a suggestion from the vet), and was eating his regular food and no more panting.

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