New Hope for Treating Dog Arthritis Pain at Murphy Road Animal Hospital

Have you noticed changes in how your dog moves? Is he/she limping, lagging behind on walks, having difficulty going up and down stairs, or walking on slick floors? These are all signs of dog arthritis.

Arthritis is one of the most frequent causes of chronic pain in dogs—and also one of the most frustrating, because the typical treatments, like pain relievers and supplements, mostly address the symptoms but not the cause.

In the past, dog arthritis was thought of as a "wear-and-tear" disease that mainly affected older dogs. But now we understand that it’s really a disease of inflammation inside the joint that not only causes the pain of arthritis, but also the breakdown of the cartilage that cushions the joint.

Sadly, if treatment only addresses the symptoms but not this underlying inflammation, the disease continues to get worse over time, leading to more pain, more joint damage, and more mobility problems that can seriously lower a dog’s quality of life.

At Murphy Road Animal Hospital, the team is taking a different approach

Synovetin OA® is a newer approach to dog arthritis that’s changing the way this disease is treated—going from simply managing symptoms by masking pain, to targeting the underlying inflammation and reducing pain at the source while also preserving joint health.

Synovetin OA is given by a simple, one-time injection into the affected joint that takes just minutes.

This approach offers a number of advantages:

• Very long-lasting—one simple treatment provides up to one full year of relief
• Proven effective in dogs at all stages of arthritis—from mild to moderate to severe
• Exceptionally safe—it stays inside the joint and does not affect other body systems or organs, like the stomach, liver, or kidneys.
• Convenient—no need to remember to give a pill or chew every day or make monthly trips to the vet for repeat treatments

Synovetin OA is offering new hope and an “inflammation-forward” treatment that provides significant improvements in a dog’s comfort and mobility at all stages of the disease. At Murphy Road, the team is excited to have this new treatment to help more dogs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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