Veterinarian medicine has come a long way in the past several decades. With steadily improving medicines and treatments available for pets of every breed, our cats, dogs and pet snakes live longer, healthier and more comfortably than ever before.

One new drug on the market aimed at improving the comfort of our canine pets is PrevicoxTM, a coxib-class, non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that can alleviate the signs of osteoarthritis in dogs.

Osteoarthritis is a chronic degenerative disease that affects the bones and soft tissues of the joints, causing significant discomfort and, often, pain and decreased flexibility.

PrevicoxTM was tested in lab and field studies and demonstrated excellent tolerance and fewer side effects such as vomiting and diarrhea, than comparable drugs. PrevicoxTM also provided fast pain relief along with great improvement in lameness.

PrevicoxTM has been successful, in part, because is that it was specifically developed as a veterinary product. Most other medicinal drugs for pets cross over from human medicine, where data is obviously not specifically suited to animals.

Many vets emphasize that pet owners should always seek non-medical ways to help their pets will illness and disease. An ounce of prevention, as they say, is worth a pound of cure. The foundation of much disease prevention in both pets and humans is weight control, proper nutrition and regular exercise.