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to fill a prescription if they are worried about legitimacy and it makes the most sense for
pharmacists at CVS and Walgreen’s just to decline most of them.
In other words, it’s hard enough to get narcotics for humans, let alone a dog.

I absolutely will NOT have narcotics in my clinic-pharmacy because the absence of one
document or penstroke can result in severe consequences.

The impact of television and Internet veterinarians on arthritis
There are veterinarians operating under their first names, like “Doctor Arnie” or “Doctor Judy”
(names change to protect the flim-flammers) on the Internet and through the media selling
mediocre foods and supplements for many different disorders. You don’t get what you pay for.
These veterinarians capitalizing on their degrees and calling themselves “America’s favorite
veterinarian or similar, and their “one-size-fits-all“diets and treatments are simply prostituting
their degree. If I followed their links to products that were better than average, I might say
something different. But all I am saying is that the solution to osteoarthritis in dogs is far less
expensive than they would make it. And, far more effective.

By messing around with mediocre foods and ‘magic-powders’ from America’s Favorite Flim-
Flam-Man - - you’re delaying the application of legitimate science and the results that go with
that.

The role of eastern medicine in arthritis

 Acupuncture
 Manipulation and adjustment
 Laser therapy
 Activation
I am no expert at chiropractic, nor acupuncture in dogs; however, I did have the privilege of
seeing good and bad brought to bear on cases. One veterinarian who had been doing
acupuncture and chiropractic in animals for decades had pretty good results. In particular, using
acupuncture and activation.
In the same breath I would point out that a human chiropractor down the street from my office,
spent considerable time and caused considerable agony manipulating and adjusting
intervertebral disc disease in dogs, sometimes paralyzing them. At the same time adjusting
cases like “septic arthritis” until the abscess is broke to the surface and the joint was lost.
It is important for anyone engaging eastern modalities in your dog to be able to
recognize actual dog diseases.
In this day and age it’s possible to check people out on the Internet look at the reviews. Ignore
the most positive and the most negative reviews. The ones where the person tells the whole
“And then I said blah blah blah and then he said blah blah blah” -- just the middle-of-the-road
reviews should help.

I would strenuously recommend that you do that. It is also not unreasonable to ask what their
experience and training are. If they have tons of experience they won’t be offended – in fact
proud to itemize their qualifications.