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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Sylvia on December 19, 2011, 09:07:10 am
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My daughter 'phoned me yesterday to ask what a friend should do about her Bichon puppy that had got into her handbag and eaten, amonst other things a load of Paracetamol tablets. I thought it must have just happened so said to give her mustard and water to make her vomit and get her to the vet at once.
Unfortunately it had happened a few hours before and though the vet did everything possible she had to be put to sleep this morning.
I've put this in here instead of the doggy bit so that more folk will see it, hopefully, and be warned to NEVER, NEVER leave tablets where dogs even might get hold of them.
A sad Christmas for his poor girl :'( :'(
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:bouquet: What a shame.
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There is so much publicity about paracetamol I don't know why she even hesitated going to her vet, but it may not have helped anyway. Paracetamol attacks the liver and kidneys in high doses - I don't use it. You must be very careful of Ibuprofen too as it is poisonous to dogs. Poor dog, and poor owner, she must be devastated. It's a lesson to us all. I keep my handbag well out of reach as mine would rummage too given the chance.
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Very sad :'( and a timely reminder about over counter drugs laid around in reach of animals and small children.
Can i also mention that it's christmas and theres a lot of chocolate around and thats an equally nasty no no for dogs so make sure your choccy goodies are out of their reach too.
Mandy :pig:
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Mandy, good reminder. Last year Meg ate a bag of chocolate coins that were in a bag and I didn't think she would find them. She managed to unwrap a lot of the foil but still pooed some out too. Took her to vets and they made her throw up and she was just feeling a bit sorry for herself.
I am so sorry about the dog who died, just absolutely awful for the owners. :'(
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Oh no, how awful :( Reminds me to keep my handbag out of the kitchen!
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poor dog. don't try diy treatments just get it to the vet as fast as possible. the quicker the better results but expect to lose your animal.
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So sad. :(
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I only takes a short while for the paracetamol to be absorbed and then of course, too late :( for humans as well as animals. Too many sad and desperate people use them as a "crie de coeur" and don't say 'til too late.
Annie there is a lot of publicity about the dangers but, it seems, not enough.
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The saddest bit about it all is that apparently paracetemol can be 'made up' with some ingredient that makes it safe - stops the liver damage and haemorrhaging but it makes them cost twice as much (tuppence then not a penny ::)) and so they don't do it :(
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My brother, an FRPS, says that tablets were available with methionine added which protected the liver against damage but they were significantly more expensive and he thought they were withdrawn because the methionine introduced some other undesirable side effects that made normal doses a lot less safe.
The problem is that at the recommended max dose of 8 a day the drug is pretty much problem-free. It certainly has far fewer problems than ibuprofen and aspirin.