Quote Originally Posted by Freedom View Post
When Marlin had his dental work done, with 38 extractions, the Tramadol did not help his pain, so we switched him to Metacam. From what I've read, that is supposed to be among the strongest NSAIDs,and it DID help him.

There is a big difference between Metacam (NSAID) and Tramadol (narcotic opioid AKA Ultram). Metacam is better to be used long term. Our hospital tends to use Tramadol more along the lines of pet hospice medicine, it's what Dusty was on the last part of her life.