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Doses - CHARCOAL, ACTIVATED

↪ Description - CHARCOAL, ACTIVATED Dogs & Cats: a) 1 gram/5 ml of water; give 10 ml of slurry per kg PO. (Morgan 1988) b) For acute poisoning: 2 - 8 g/kg PO once or every 6-8h for 3-5 doses. To enhance excretion of slowly excreted poisons: 0.5 g/kg PO q3h for about 72 hours. (Mount... ↪ Read more

CHARCOAL, ACTIVATED

↪ Doses - CHARCOAL, ACTIVATED Chemistry - Activated charcoal occurs as a fine, black, odorless, tasteless powder that is insolublein water or alcohol. Commercially available activated charcoal products may differ in theiradsorptive properties, but one gram must adsorb 100 mg of strychnine... ↪ Read more

Doses - CEPHAPIRIN SODIUM, CEPHAPIRIN BENZATHINE

↪ Description - CEPHAPIRIN SODIUM, CEPHAPIRIN BENZATHINE Dogs: For susceptible infections: a) 10 - 30 mg/kg IV or IM q6-8h (Vaden and Papich 1995) b) 10 - 30 mg/kg IV, IM, SQ q8h (Riviere 1989) c) 11 - 33 mg/kg IV q8h; 22 - 33 mg/kg IM or SQ q8h (Aronson and Aucoin 1989)Cats: For... ↪ Read more

CEPHAPIRIN SODIUM, CEPHAPIRIN BENZATHINE

↪ Doses - CEPHAPIRIN SODIUM, CEPHAPIRIN BENZATHINE For general information on the cephalosporins including adverse effects, contraindications, overdosage, drug interactions, and monitoring parameters, refer to the monograph: Cephalosporins, General Information. Chemistry - An injectable... ↪ Read more

Doses - CEPHALOTHIN SODIUM

↪ Description - CEPHALOTHIN SODIUM Note: IM injection may be very painful.Dogs: For susceptible infections: a) 35 mg/kg IM, SQ q8h (Upson 1988) b) 10 - 30 mg/kg IV or IM q6-8h (Vaden and Papich 1995) c) 10 - 30 mg/kg IM, IV or SQ (Riviere 1989) d) 11 - 33 mg/kg IV q8h; 22 - 33 mg/kg IM or... ↪ Read more

CEPHALOTHIN SODIUM

↪ Doses - CEPHALOTHIN SODIUM For general information on the cephalosporins including adverse effects, contraindications, overdosage, drug interactions, and monitoring parameters, refer to the monograph: Cephalosporins, General Information. Chemistry - An injectable semi-synthetic... ↪ Read more

CEPHALOSPORINS (GENERAL INFORMATION)

Note: There are presently over 20 different cephalosporin drugs available for either human orveterinary use. Ten separate monographs of cephalosporins that appear to have the most currentveterinary use and/or applicability may be found by their generic name. For a more detailed reviewof... ↪ Read more

Doses - CEPHALEXIN

↪ Description - CEPHALEXIN Dogs: For susceptible infections: a) 11 - 33 mg/kg PO q8h (Aronson and Aucoin 1989) b) 22 mg/kg PO q8h; administer with food if GI upset occurs (Vaden and Papich 1995) c) 10 - 30 mg/kg PO q8h (Riviere 1989) d) 30 mg/kg PO q12h (Jenkins 1987a) e) For Staph.... ↪ Read more

CEPHALEXIN

↪ Doses - CEPHALEXIN For general information on the cephalosporins including adverse effects, contraindications, overdosage, drug interactions, and monitoring parameters, refer to the monograph: Cephalosporins, General Information. Chemistry - A semi-synthetic oral cephalosporin, cephalexin... ↪ Read more

Doses - CEFTRIAXONE SODIUM

↪ Description - CEFTRIAXONE SODIUM Dogs & Cats: For resistant cases of Lyme Disease when response to other antibiotics is not noted: a) 20 mg/kg IV or SubQ q12h for 7-10 days (Greene 1990)Horses: For susceptible infections: 25 - 50 mg/kg q12h IV or IM (Note: This is a human dose... ↪ Read more

CEFTRIAXONE SODIUM

↪ Doses - CEFTRIAXONE SODIUM Chemistry - A third generation cephalosporin, ceftriaxone sodium occurs as white to yellowish-orange crystalline powder. It is soluble in water (400 mg/ml at 25°C). Potencies of commercial products are expressed in terms of ceftriaxone. One gram of... ↪ Read more

Doses - CEFTIOFUR SODIUM, CEFTIOFUR HCL

↪ Description - CEFTIOFUR SODIUM, CEFTIOFUR HCL Cattle: For labeled indications: a) Naxcel®: 1.1 - 2.2 mg/kg IM once daily for 3 treatments; may give additional doses on4th and 5th day if response is not satisfactory. Reconstitute 1 g vial with 20 ml and the 4g vial with 80 ml of... ↪ Read more