My dog re-broke her toe. Is paracetamol making her act strange?

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Hi my dog has a broken toe as it healed she accidentally re broke it. The vet prescribed one paracetamol a day. She has been having this for about a week now. She is now acting strange when you go to touch her especially her back. She is on bed rest not even allowed to use stairs so can't have hurt herself. I am wondering if paracetamol is the right thing and what could be wrong. Thank you in advance! Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Female | unspayed | 2 years and 8 months old

Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS · Accepted Answer

I personally don't recommend paracetamol for dogs due to the fact it has a narrow margin of safety and can be toxic to dogs if given a large enough amount. There are better and safer pain medications for Savannah that you get as a prescription from the vet. Given that this isn't working for her pain, I would take her back into the vet to discuss using prescription pain medications. I hope this helps!

My dog re-broke her toe. Is paracetamol making her act strange?

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