Can I give aspirin or NSAIDs to my dog?

You can give doggy NSAIDs to your dog. Still, I do not recommend giving any human medications to your dog as far as aspirin or NSAIDs go without first consulting your veterinarian. Most of them will do more harm than good.

Great questions. There are different classifications of NSAIDs, which stands for non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, and while dogs can take aspirin, there are what we would consider better medications and potentially safer medications for inflammation and pain. You can't mix aspirin with some of the right medications that we would recommend that would be better. Aside from aspirin, a lot of the other non-steroidal over-the-counter medications, like ibuprofen and some other things, could actually be very harmful and cause things like stomach ulcers that could even lead to a perforation of the stomach.

Yes, you can give aspirin to your dog. However, aspirin has a very narrow safety margin in dogs and is toxic in cats. The risk of serious side effects is high, so I never recommend aspirin for dogs.