Originally Posted by Stinkypup

...Re growing pains, I'm not sure what people are complaining of when they say this- why would young people experience such a thing?...

Originally Posted by moneypenny20

I thought 'Charley Horse' or similar was just cramp? ...

Originally Posted by scilly

Googling Charley Horse ................ another name for a muscle spasm. Most common in the legs but can occur in any muscle anywhere in the body. The pain can be severe until the spasm(s) relax.

Growing pains ............ term seems to be still used as quite a common name for pains experienced by children. Still referenced by medical websites, including the Mayo Clinic

Originally Posted by bats

And talking of stuff you can or can't get in different countries.

I used to buy Corsodyl for mouth ulcer treatment back in England but here chlorhexidibe mouthwashes are prescription only.

everyone seems to msinline on Gravol in Ontario yet its banned entirely in Britain.

Originally Posted by Jsmth321

Whats the reason Gravol is banned in Britain?

Gravol is a life saver for us when we have to take the dog on the highway as she gets bad motion/car sickness.

Originally Posted by bats

Recreational use was what I was told. Maybe it's available on prescription but you can't buy it OTC. I didn't know you could use it for animals until I read that someone had used it when their dog had an allergic reaction. A dachshund too.

Originally Posted by Jsmth321

You can also use benedryl with dogs. Many times it's cheaper to get a rx from the vet and take to a human pharmacy for some meds that can be used for both humans and dogs.

My dad has a 200 pound dog, and she is on some sort of medication for arthritis/pain that is also used for humans, he gets the RX filled at Costco as they are 1/2 the price vs the vet.

Originally Posted by Stinkypup

Yeah, Bertha does like her pies

Originally Posted by Jsmth321

Oh my poor dachshund, that dog is well past it's weight range.

My dads dog is a giant breed so she is supposed to be 200 pounds.

Originally Posted by BEVS

I know. I suspect it is an old-fashioned term .



Why indeed. I was a normal active healthy child with a balanced diet.
For me it was a very 'deep' painful ache along the length of the shin bone ( tibia) , either in one leg or both. Nothing would ease it. Nothing. Note that I wrote along the shin bone. It was very different to any muscle ache I ever had. It came and went without any obvious triggering factor. It seemed to come from within the bone itself.

We were told I would grow out of it which I did in the end I suppose.

Neither of my siblings had this.

Originally Posted by Jsmth321

You can also use benedryl with dogs. Many times it's cheaper to get a rx from the vet and take to a human pharmacy for some meds that can be used for both humans and dogs.

My dad has a 200 pound dog, and she is on some sort of medication for arthritis/pain that is also used for humans, he gets the RX filled at Costco as they are 1/2 the price vs the vet.

Originally Posted by BEVS

I don't understand your post with this. A canker sore is perhaps an old-fashioned term. It means a very painful sore in the mouth but not a herpes virus sore which is different. When I hear the term , I understand what it is. I've had to suffer with outbreaks of this on and off since a small child . One day nothing . Next day a nasty blister.



I have never heard this so had to google. When I was young I used to get absolutely dreadful "growing pains" . That is what it was called back then & that is what the GP called it back then. These days it has a fancy name but that ache and pain is likely just the same. Horrible.