Having said that, my sister’s dog is on Previcox and it has helped her quite a bit. As a general rule, I will never again start any prescription for any person or animal without reading the literature and anecdotal evidence.

Do your research first, and know what to look out for.

I feel a tremendous guilt that I started him on Previcox without doing my homework, and feeling that I may have done harm to him after all he has been through.

I somehow ran over Sedona three weeks ago. She has severe arthritis in all her joints and is a very large dog, 129 lb. She not only survived the roll over her belly, but seemed to be healing really well. There was some superficial swelling and weeping of her belly skin, but was doing great on fresh aloe vera and Gold Bond powder. I had just about decided she was ok when she developed a very large serotoma in the loose skin between her body and thigh, so I took her to the vet. He drained the fluid, gave us some antibiotics and previcox. Her symptoms have greatly resolved, and she is much more comfortable. It seems as if side effects of this take a few days to develop. I am interested in the number of labs, jack russells, and poodles who are having the serious side effects. If I was a vet reading this, I would be wary of prescribing this drug to these breeds. There are some tragic tales in these posts, and I feel twice lucky that poor old Sedona not only had no serious injury from being rolled under the rear wheel of the car, but she also seems to be tolerating the meds just fine. thanks for the warnings, and deepest condolences for every one less fortunate who has lost a family member to a drug reaction. Sadly, it can happen to any of us in any health crisis.

Sorry to read of your loss of Axl; but, please note, the makers of Previcox are Merial, the veterinary counterpart of the Merck Co. As I said earlier, after I read the history of Vioxx, the human counterpart of Previcox, I felt enlightened. Eventually, the FDA took Vioxx off the market, after increasing deaths.(See Tom Nesi’s book: Poison Pills, Vioxx).Today,the New York Times stated, by author Natasha Singer “A growing number of doctors…have been attaching their names to scientific papers that were drafted by “ghostwriters’ working for their drug companies-articles that are carefully calibrated to help the manufacturers sell more products.”-not authenticated scientific trials…Grieve for your beloved dog, and to those, whose dogs have done well with Previcox, please, peridically have the liver values checked.If you can afford X-Rays, periodically check the size of the kidneys and heart. (Also, read “Rowdy’s Last vacation.” There are several folks ,who have provided information about their experiences.)