Human glucosamine for dogs?

8 Responses to “Human glucosamine for dogs?”

1. Comment by racecarsnotdogs

   Yes it is safe for dogs I have given it to my old greyhound (now at the bridge) and she did improve on it. I would start on a low dose and see how it goes and increase gradually if you feel it needs it.

   I would be more worried about giving her aspirin to be honest.

2. Comment by Julie

   Glucosamine is glucosamine- doesn’t matter if it was made for a human or a dog it’s the same thing.

   A good dosage for her is 750mg of hydrochloride or sulfate per 50 pounds of weight. Don’t choose 2KCl and NaCl forms of glucosamine as they are not so effective. A liquid dosage is always better to use than pills if she will swallow that.

   So your dog would need around 1000 mg/day.

3. Comment by Dale A

   A *few* coated aspirin? How many is a few? Are you giving veterinary NSAIDs too? That sounds like an awful lot in any case.

   What you want is glucosamine hydrochloride, but if the ‘few’ aspirin a day aren’t doing the trick, I doubt glucosamine will help much. (email me, and I’ll look up the dose for you…don’t have my book handy)

   Edit to add: I’ve read in various sources that Glucosamine Hydrochloride is absorbed at roughly twice the efficiency of Glucosamine Sulphate, which is why I recommended glucosamine HCl

4. Comment by lorimartow

   the glucosamine pills are safe for your dog but the coated aspirin are NOT safe for your dog. the coated aspirin is ok if you give it very seldom…like if your dog hurts its self but the aspirin isn’t good for the dog on a daily basis. as for the dosage of glucosamine remember that any human medicine is based on a person that weighs 125. so if the glucosamine says give 2 pills just give the dog 1. my sister had a golden that she gave it to for years and years.
   EDIT oh yeah it needs to be the glucosamine chondrotin (sp)

5. Comment by walking lady

   My 70 pound greyhounds have been on glucosamine chondroitin with MSM for several years now, human pills. Their dosage is 1000 mg daily. The other thing my vet suggested (which you might want to try) is Devil’s Claw. My female was on it for several months when she was having problems due to racing-related injuries. Her dosage was 400 mg daily and it made a noticeable difference within a week. Devil’s claw is available in health food stores.

6. Comment by Lorraine

   Dale & Julie
   Very interested in the different glucosamines – and although I have given it for years, and various ones, I didn’t know there were different types only different strengths.

   Thanks, will do a bit more reading.

   I give the glucosamine with chondroitin & msm also, and have done the complete range from Cortaflex, Seraquin, human Holland & Barrett, and one that I like Synflex.

   Any other advice on this will be good.

   Be very careful with the aspirins. What any NSAID’s will do is cause internal bleeding and ulcers. If you really must give it then see if you can get a cheap antacid to go with it. I give a Lozec (from the vets but human drug) with any NSAID’s to avoid the problem.

7. Comment by Dashin’ IN

   I think it’s perfectly okay to give your dog enteric coated aspirin ( especially if your vet told you so ). I think there are a lot of things our pets can be given that vets discourage because they would be out of fringe business like pills and other treatments.
   Sounds like you are taking care of your dog the best you can and then more…
   OH, and for Goknicks, you are the vuckin’ azzhole since you can’t make the difference between what you should do and what you are told to do…Sheeple like you should just learn to shut the vuck up!

8. Comment by filler

   watch for the non medical ingredients too………

   maybe not safe for dogs but safe for humans