# Help with dog symptoms

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-dog-symptoms/657027>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-dog-symptoms/657027 "2013-04-29T17:30:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-dog-symptoms/657027/21 "2013-04-30T22:29:09Z")

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He already replied and said her blood work does not indicate Addison’s. I really appreciate the suggestion however. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-dog-symptoms/657027/22 "2013-04-30T23:06:40Z")

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Ok…good to rule that out…daily medications and monthly injections for the rest of the dog’s life are not fun and expensive.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-dog-symptoms/657027/23 "2013-04-30T23:41:48Z")

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Yeah, I have a cat that I will be pilling twice a day for the rest of his life. And you can’t fool a cat with a “treat.”

Right now Sweetie is curled up on the carpet sleeping peacefully. We’ll all sleep peacefully through the night if my stove burners don’t spontaneously ignite again.

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**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-dog-symptoms/657027/24 "2013-05-01T01:05:04Z")

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I’d try an anti-inflammatory. Gabapentin is an anti-convulsant that is sometimes prescribed for nerve pain. The source of the pain though remains unknown, and exactly how gabapentin works is not well understood, so as a diagnostic tool its value is questionable.  
Any signs of spondylosis? This would show on an x-ray.  
Glad she is feeling better.

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