[Michael Romanos]

Cooking will affect the nutritional value of food if the food is OVERcooked or cooked past recommendations of time and heat levels. Cooked food per se need not be too damaging to the value of the foood.

Yes, many of these drugs if given regularly over long periods of time, can cause harrm to various organs - which is another form of 'side affects.' Let's face it - a good vet would know of all the important repercussions of the affects of drugs for dogs on dogs that have been proven and tested over time.