Dog Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook.pdf - Mr. Walnuts

572 •DOG OWNER’S HOME VETERINARY HANDBOOK
Over-the-Counter Drugs for Home Veterinary Use (continued)
Method of Frequency of
Drug Action Dosage administration administration
Metamucil (psyllium) For constipation or 1 teaspoon per 11 to 22 pounds Add to meals Once daily; for shortto
add fiber to the diet of body weight term use, unless
otherwise directed
Milk of Magnesia, Mylanta, Antacid, laxative 2 to 4 ml per pound of body weight Orally Every 12 to 24 hours
Maalox (magnesium hydroxide)
Mineral oil Lubricant, laxative 5 ml per 20 pounds of body weight Add to food; Twice daily;
do not give only for 2 to 3 days
separately due
to aspiration risk
Pepcid (famitodine) Histamine blocker 1 mg per pound of body weight Injection or orally Once or twice daily
for antacid effect
Pepto-Bismol, Kaopectate For diarrhea 0.5 to 1.5 ml per pound Orally Every 12 hours
(bismuth subsalicylate) of body weight
Prilosec (omeprazole) Antacid, .25 to .5 mg per pound Orally Once daily
ulcer medication of body weight
Zantac (ranitidine) Histamine blocker 150 to 300 mg per pound Add to meals Daily; divide total
for antacid effect of body weight dose over several
meals throughout
the day
Robitussin DM, Cough suppressant 0.5 to 1 mg per pound Orally Every 6 hours
Benylin Expectorant of body weight
(dextromethorphan) (or 1 teaspoon per 20 pounds)
Tagamet (cimetidine) Histamine blocker 10 mg per pound of body weight Orally 2 or 3 times a day
for antacid effect