Pain and Your Pet
From the time your pet is born, until the end of a long and happy life cycle, your pet’s body has many muscles and joints moving with each other in synergy to keep it going. As your pet’s life progresses, the joints, ligaments, tendons and fluids wear and age as well. Depending on breed and lifestyle factors, some pets get very stiff and immobile within just a few years.
The main food product for pets are meat by-products, high in uric acid, and a major contributor to arthritic-type conditions. In many ways the food we lovingly give our pets actually sets them up for joint pain and mobility problems in the future.
When these problems finally occur, we may think we are helping our pets by providing common substances, such as aspirin, to ease the pain. It eases our pain too, now that we don’t have to see our loved one suffer.
What we really want, though, is to keep our companion by our side for years to come. This desire is very natural, and it turns out, remarkably easy to achieve. We just have to open our eyes to what our pets truly need for vibrant health, and realize how some of our well-meaning efforts can really be compounding their problems.
A natural, organic diet will go a long way toward promoting your pet’s pain-free life. Additionally, being aware of all our options when our pet is in pain will contribute to responsible healing practices, increasing your pet’s life expectancy and more importantly, life quality.
The Dangers of Aspirin
Many vets will tell you that it is safe to give a pet aspirin, however there is evidence that suggests aspirin, even in “baby” doses, may damage the gastric mucosa lining of the digestive tract. This includes the thin protective layer of mucous that lines the inside of the stomach, necessary to contain the body’s own hydrochloric acid.
Hydrochloric acid in the stomach is vital to break down foods and turn them into energy, but can be problematic if it isn’t maintained or contained properly. A weakened mucous lining could cause corrosive hydrochloric acid to actually penetrate the stomach wall, potentially leading to painful bleeding ulcers and stressful clinical events.
Many people are told of the benefits of aspirin, but those of us responsible for our health and the health of our family, including our pets, should be diligent about the trade offs too. If vets communicate the dangerous side effects of aspirin to their patients, more pet owners may opt to find the pain-relieving benefits of aspirin from a different source, one without dangerous side effects.
Even more rarely discussed by medical practitioners are the problems that arise with the issue of masking pain, which is effectively how aspirin works. When you introduce aspirin or another anti-inflammatory medication to relieve minor aches, you are doing what is called masking.
Pain Masking, Revealed
In pain masking we enter dangerous territory. Masking the pain counteracts the natural healing power of the body, as it may encourage body-destructive behavior to continue, and certainly does not help to restore the homeostasis in the body required for true health and pain-free life.
We cannot give an animal a substance to mask or relieve the pain and then expect it to take it easy or not over exert itself. When the pain is temporarily masked, the pet doesn’t realize that there is a problem or an injury and will unknowingly continue to re-injure the area, because the nervous system’s pain response has been interrupted (masked). Now you can see why pain masking doesn’t solve the problem, and may only contribute to a worse problem down the road.
Pain masking is more apt to be effective in a body that knows not to over exert the injured area or exacerbate the tissues that need the time to repair and rehabilitate. Unfortunately, as intelligent and receptive as our animal cohorts might be, they also tend to be a bit presumptuous at times. If a pet is feeling pain in the joints and tissues, it becomes difficult for the pet to gauge what activity is appropriate. Chances are that a pet who has been bound by pain and immobility will be happy to be free of the pain and will over exert the damaged or inflamed tissues.
Promaxol™ Does Not Mask Pain!
Whether you’re a pet or a human, relief from pain is welcomed by any suffering creature, so Promaxol is formulated with potent homeopathic ingredients to help soothe joint and muscle pain and inflammation.
You also need to know that Promaxol goes beyond simply easing your pet’s discomfort. When your pet’s body is naturally free from pain and inflammation, your dog’s body, mind and soul can now focus on true healing, supported by the necessary nutrients in the Promaxol base formula.
Our all-natural blend uses oligotherapy to combine the gentle healing power of water with 74+ organic trace minerals. Through this unique base formula, Promaxol supports enzymatic function, cell oxygenation and detoxification, and healthy DNA activity. Promaxol works to speed up your dog’s metabolism and rejuvenation at the cell level, creating a healthy base for tissues, organs, and organ systems that of course, all start with the cells.
These nutrients are all combined in a highly available, concentrated liquid form, adding a life-giving quality to your pet’s diet that simply cannot be found in standard pet food or medications.
Veterinary Uses
If you still choose to temporarily use aspirin in your pet, it should only be given under the direct supervision of a veterinarian. Aspirin should never be given to cats because they lack the ability to metabolize it, increasing the likelihood that aspirin will be toxic. Toxicity in dogs may be reduced by administering dosages between longer intervals.
Acetaminophen is also used in dogs but is often combined with codeine because it is a weak analgesic. Acetaminophen tends to cause liver toxicity in dogs and so is not recommended for owners to give.
Veterinary clinics across the country are proud to carry and recommend Promaxol, and now you can order Promaxol securely online, and even download a Promaxol white paper to bring in to your veterinarian!
Faith the Amazing Dog relies on Promaxol to keep her upright, bouncing and pain-free. Faith has only two legs to support all her weight, so the joint-supporting nutrients in Promaxol are key to her vibrant health.