You might try Arnica Montana. It is an herb, perfectly safe, and quite effective. Many surgeons are now using it before and after surgery for swelling and bruising. I would not be witout it for my own use. Arnica comes in three forms: tincture, tablets, and salve. The tincture can be found only at good health food stores (Whole Foods, Central Market ) You would want to use the tincture, four or five drops. The tablets must be disolved under the tongue, but our dogs donot seem to care for that plan. You should see results within as little time as thirty minutes. I would not be without it for myself --------twisted ankle, sprained wrist ----voila ! Carolyn DPiagentin@xxxxxxx wrote: In a message dated 5/23/2006 2:26:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, kurdels@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Need some help regarding a bitch, who is 3 years old, she was bred three weeks ago and has developed "pano."in the left front upper arm. Had a vet examine her and and he would not subject her to an x ray, for obvious reasons. The bitch has been x rayed ( both hips & elbows ) & certified good & normal by O.F.A. Has anyone had success with a safe medication for "pano." prescribed by a vet for a bitch in whelp 21 days.. Adele www.germansheparddogs.com Hi, some bitches will go into pano, when bred, and also when they go into season, it doesn't matter what age they are, I would not put her on any meds, because she is pregnant, what I would put her on is some calcium suppletment Pet Tabs calcium plus and added vitamin C. a buffered aspirin would be fine, do not overdue, keep her as quiet as possible, this means no ball throwing, let her exercise at her own pace. She most likely has pano due to the stress of the pregnancy, I have seen this happen with bitches when they go into season had one that did this each and every time and when bred, she lived to a ripe old age. Do not x-ray. Good Luck, Diane Home of 1985 GV.Ch.Ossipee Ceasar v Clover Acre CD OFA ROM,ROMC & Cavalier King Charles Spaniels _www.debmarsgermanshepherds.com_ (http://www.debmarsgermanshepherds.com/) www.debmarscavalierkingcharlesspaniels.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================ --------------------------------- Ring'em or ping'em. Make PC-to-phone calls as low as 1¢/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================