Guest Cara_Lea Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Ok.. so we're struggling with what our vet believes are allergies in Show. She suggested we put him on Reactine (CETIRIZINE HYDROCHLORIDE) and gave me the dosage info of 0.5mg - 1mg/kg of body weight. That would put Show at around 30mg per day. However, in looking at the packaging for the pills, it suggests that one adult human only take 1 10mg tablet per day. I am struggling with the logic of this.. so tonight I only gave Show 1 of the 10mg tablets. I'm just wondering if anyone else has used this medication with their greyhounds... what was the dosage you used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhounds Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) I'm not familiar with the suggested dosage of that med but, that does seem high, however, in general dogs antihistamine dosages are much higher than humans. Not much help huh? Edited to add-after researching some on Zyrtec-it looks like your vet is suggesting the proper dosing range :-) Edited November 23, 2012 by tbhounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4My2Greys Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) I'm not familiar with the suggested dosage of that med but, that does seem high, however, in general dogs antihistamine dosages are much higher than humans. Not much help huh? Edited to add-after researching some on Zyrtec-it looks like your vet is suggesting the proper dosing range :-) That's interesting to know about the Zyrtec dosage. One 10mg pill though seems to do the job for Beanie. I'm wondering if a prescribed allergy medicine works at a lower dosage would it be more advisable to stay there? Edited for hitting wrong key. Edited November 23, 2012 by 4My2Greys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remolacha Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 My vet recently (well, a couple of months ago) switched Fletcher to Zyrtec from Benedryl and said for his size, give him 4 tablets. I also noticed the human adult dosage was 1 tablet, so I double checked and she said yes, 4. He's been on that for a couple of months with no problems. I actually use the Costco generic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhounds Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I'm not familiar with the suggested dosage of that med but, that does seem high, however, in general dogs antihistamine dosages are much higher than humans. Not much help huh? Edited to add-after researching some on Zyrtec-it looks like your vet is suggesting the proper dosing range :-) That's interesting to know about the Zyrtec dosage. One 10mg pill though seems to do the job for Beanie. I'm wondering if a prescribed allergy medicine works at a lower dosage would it be more advisable to stay there? Edited for hitting wrong key. Less is always best---if you are seeing positive results with a lower dose I dont see a reason to increase the dosage. We always say to use the lowest effective dosage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KF_in_Georgia Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 When my vet was advising Claritin for Silver, he recommended the 24-hour-pill given twice a day. And for things like thyroid meds, dogs take a dose that's so much larger than a people-dose that you can't get the prescription filled at most people pharmacies unless you're willing to give your dog 10 human-dose pills instead of 1 dog-dose pill. So, while questioning a dosage is always okay, just be aware that sometimes it's how fast something is metabolized or how fast it goes through the system that determines the dosage--not the patient's weight. Quote Kathy and Q (CRT Qadeer from Fuzzy's Cannon and CRT Bonnie) and Jane (WW's Aunt Jane from Trent Lee and Aunt M); photos to come. Missing Silver (5.19.2005-10.27.2016), Tigger (4.5.2007-3.18.2016), darling Sam (5.10.2000-8.8.2013), Jacey-Kasey (5.19.2003-8.22.2011), and Oreo (1997-3.30.2006) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPoopon Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 (edited) Betsy (65 lbs) was on one 10 mg tablet 2 X / day of Reactine. Edited November 24, 2012 by GreyPoopon Quote Standard Poodle Daisy (12/13) Missing Cora (RL Nevada 5/99-10/09), Piper (Cee Bar Easy 2/99-1/10), Tally (Thunder La La 9/99-3/10), Edie (Daring Reva 9/99-10/12), Dixie (Kiowa Secret Sue 11/01-1/13), Jessie (P's Real Time 11/98-3/13), token boy Graham (Zydeco Dancer 9/00-5/13), Cal (Back Already 12/99-11/13), Betsy (Back Kick Beth 11/98-12/13), Standard Poodles Minnie (1/99-1/14) + Perry (9/98-2/14), Annie (Do Marcia 9/03-10/14), Pink (Miss Pinky Baker 1/02-6/15), Poppy (Cmon Err Not 8/05-1/16), Kat (Jax Candy 5/05-5/17), Ivy (Jax Isis 10/07-7/21), Hildy (Braska Hildy 7/10-12/22), Opal (Jax Opal 7/08-4/23). Toodles (BL Toodles 7/09-4/24) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAJ2010 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 When her allergies are really bad Rainy takes 4 Benedryl twice a day. Dogs can have a much higher dose than we could handle Quote ------ Jessica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4My2Greys Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 So, while questioning a dosage is always okay, just be aware that sometimes it's how fast something is metabolized or how fast it goes through the system that determines the dosage--not the patient's weight. You know I had thought about that when I was giving Bruiser a slow release L-arganine capsule. I don't know why I hadn't considered it in this case. Taking that into consideration would you interpret Show's dosage to be (3) tablets twice a day or split that dosage for a total of (3) tablets per day? Cara Lea did your vet say anything about frequency? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KF_in_Georgia Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 So, while questioning a dosage is always okay, just be aware that sometimes it's how fast something is metabolized or how fast it goes through the system that determines the dosage--not the patient's weight. You know I had thought about that when I was giving Bruiser a slow release L-arganine capsule. I don't know why I hadn't considered it in this case. Taking that into consideration would you interpret Show's dosage to be (3) tablets twice a day or split that dosage for a total of (3) tablets per day? Cara Lea did your vet say anything about frequency? If your vet said 30mg/day, that's what you stick to. You should ask your vet if that's 10mg 3x day or all 30mg at once...but definitely not 3 tablets twice a day unless your vet expressly says so. Quote Kathy and Q (CRT Qadeer from Fuzzy's Cannon and CRT Bonnie) and Jane (WW's Aunt Jane from Trent Lee and Aunt M); photos to come. Missing Silver (5.19.2005-10.27.2016), Tigger (4.5.2007-3.18.2016), darling Sam (5.10.2000-8.8.2013), Jacey-Kasey (5.19.2003-8.22.2011), and Oreo (1997-3.30.2006) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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