Exotic Animal Formulary5

Lidocaine
Loperamide
Maropitant citrate
(Cerenia, Zoetis)
Meclizine
Metoclopramide
Mirtazapine
1-2 mg/kg IV
(bolus) 41
2-4 mg/kg
intratracheally 41
0.1 mg/kg PO
q8h×3 days,
then
q24h×2 days 112
2 mg/kg SC
q24h×3-5 days,
then q48h or 3×
weekly if
needed 24
2-12 mg/kg PO
q24h 112
12.5-25 mg/kg
PO q8-12h 41
0.2-0.5 mg/kg PO,
SC q6-8 h 41
0.2-1 mg/kg PO,
IM, SC q6-24h 112
0.5 mg/kg PO, SC
q4-12 h 41
0.3-0.5 mg/kg PO
q24h 114
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiac arrhythmia
Enteropathies (nonspecific diarrhea); give in
1 mL water
May be helpful in arthritis or inflammatory
conditions; reduces visceral pain
Reduces disorientation and rolling with
torticollis (for prevention of motion
sickness in small animals)
Stimulates gastrointestinal motility
Appetite stimulant; dosage not established in
rabbits; cat dose given here
Nandrolone (Deca-
Durabolin,
Organon)
2 mg/kg SC, IM 41 Anabolic steroid; appetite stimulant; adjunct
to treatment for anemia, especially in
chronic renal failure
Omeprazole 20 mg/kg SC q12h 77 Proton pump inhibitor used as a
gastroprotective agent
Oxytocin 0.1-3 U/kg SC, IM 41 Use in delayed, but unobstructed, parturition;
agalactia
Pimobendan
Polysulfated
glycosaminoglycan
(Adequan,
Luitpold)
0.1-0.3 mg/kg PO
q12-24h 41
2.2 mg/kg SC, IM
q3d×21-28 days,
then q14d 112
Phosphodiesterase inhibitor; increases cardiac
contractility with dilated cardiomyopathy
or mitral valve disease
Noninfectious, traumatic, or degenerative
joint disease
Potassium citrate 33 mg/kg q8h 41 Urinary calculi; may decrease calcium-based
stone formation
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