Gave wrong dog Soloxine........

[LisaK]

I just knew I would do this sooner or later............I gave my other dog a .2mg soloxine instead of the one it was intended for. I imagine this is not a big deal, but I wanted to make sure. Should I make her throw it up?

[mamaof4soon]

Lisa, I would call your Vet and ask him. Does he have an anwering service? IF so then call. Soloxine is for your dog with Hypothyroidism. The precautions on the insert for Soloxine says;

Precautions: Administer with caution to animals with clinically significant heart disease, hypertension, or other complications for which sharply increased metabolic rate might prove hazardous.

Although your other dog might not have any problems it DOES NOT say what to do if administered to a healthy dog. I dont know when Traci (she is the one i woudl ask) will be in so dont wait and call Vet and ask him right away.

I would rather be over cautious then under. Let me know what dr. says.

[davet]

i am not familiar with the drug but if you gave only one and you other dogws has jhad no reaction then I would't worry, besides byt the time you get this or other responses it probably already in the system..just watch out for weird symptons but I doubt one single dos of any medication can be harmfull..let us know

[LisaK]

i am not familiar with the drug but if you gave only one and you other dogws has jhad no reaction then I would't worry, besides byt the time you get this or other responses it probably already in the system..just watch out for weird symptons but I doubt one single dos of any medication can be harmfull..let us know

Yes, I forgot to mention that Soloxine is for hypothyroidism. The dog who rec'd the pill is young and has no medical problems.

[LisaK]

Lisa, I would call your Vet and ask him. Does he have an anwering service? IF so then call. Soloxine is for your dog with Hypothyroidism. The precautions on the insert for Soloxine says;

Precautions: Administer with caution to animals with clinically significant heart disease, hypertension, or other complications for which sharply increased metabolic rate might prove hazardous.

Although your other dog might not have any problems it DOES NOT say what to do if administered to a healthy dog. I dont know when Traci (she is the one i woudl ask) will be in so dont wait and call Vet and ask him right away.

I would rather be over cautious then under. Let me know what dr. says.

Thanks, the dog is young and has no medical problems but I will call my vet's answering service anyway. A former vet tech on another board said my dog will be fine.

[Traci]

There's little chance of it causing any problem if it was only administered once, and in a low dose.

[LisaK]

There's little chance of it causing any problem if it was only administered once, and in a low dose.

Thank you!

[davet]

one thing I might add, ,, most dog pills are based on twenty pound increments so usuallthe pill given is for twenty pounds of dog, plu or minus a few...If the were a human pill which might have been based on 100 pound units, this would be a different story..if a pup takesa a human adult pill that cold be a problem...

[davet]

just an after thought but you giving it to the wrong dog is a little unique but i used to get phones calls, sometimes late at night where the human took the dogs pills...all I needed at 3 AM