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Degenerative joint disease is the number one cause of chronic pain in dogs and cats.\u00a0 The condition is the result of long-term stresses on a joint, either resulting from an old injury or from natural development of a poorly conformed joint.\u00a0 While surgery may be able to help in some situations, most of the time the degeneration of the joint cannot be reversed and treatment focuses on preventing progression of damage. Numerous products are available; some are best combined with others and some cannot be combined.\u00a0 What we do know is that arthritis pain is best addressed by what is called a multi-modal approach<\/strong>, meaning that several approaches combined yield better results than any single therapy.\u00a0 Here, we focus on medications.<\/p>\n

Medications for arthritis pain are divided into two groups: Slow-acting drugs and fast-acting (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and cortisone-type drugs).<\/p>\n

read more at\u00a0 veterinarypartner.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Degenerative joint disease is the number one cause of chronic pain in dogs and cats.\u00a0 The condition is the result of long-term stresses on a joint, either resulting from an old injury or from natural development of a poorly conformed joint.\u00a0 While surgery may be able to help in some situations, most of the time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-felton-veterinary-hospital-happenings"],"yoast_head":"\nArthritis | Felton Veterinary Hospital<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Degenerative joint disease is the number one cause of chronic pain in dogs and cats.\u00a0 The condition is the result of long-term stresses on a joint, either resulting from an old injury or from natural development of a 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