My vet gave me Rimadyl for Monty, I don't like to use it very often because it can cause liver problems and I was told it can cause liver cancer especially in Rotti's. It really doesn't seem to help his pain anyway so i would prefer to use uncoated buffered aspirin when needed. My vet also has never suggested monitoring Monty's liver enzymes. During the Lymphoma scare we had a complete blood workup done and all showed normal.

My vet also told me to put Monty on Glucosomine Hydrochloride instead of the Glucosomine sulphate. Apparently it works better. I really hate giving anything to my Rott's as they are so prone to cancer and who knows what contributes to it's activation. Our Nikita was on Rimadyl and we still wonder if it was the cause of her cancer.

Like everyone else said if it helps and your baby seems healthy and the vet keeps on top with bloodwork and checkups then you should be ok.