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AZATHIOPRINE, AZATHIOPRINE SODIUM

↪ Doses - AZATHIOPRINE, AZATHIOPRINE SODIUM Chemistry - Related structurally to adenine, guanine and hypoxanthine, azathioprine is a purineantagonist antimetabolite that is used primarily for its immunosuppressive properties. Azathioprineoccurs as an odorless, pale yellow powder that is... ↪ Read more

Doses - AZAPERONE

↪ Description - AZAPERONE Swine: a) For approved indication of mixing feeder or weanling pigs: 2.2 mg/kg deeply IM (seeclient information below) (Package Insert; Stresnil® ¯ P/M; Mallinckrodt) b) Preanesthetic:2 - 4 mg/kg IM; Immobilizing agent: 5.3 - 8 mg/kg IM (Swindle 1985) c)... ↪ Read more

AZAPERONE

↪ Doses - AZAPERONE Chemistry - A butyrephone neuroleptic, azaperone occurs as a white to yellowish-white macro-crystalline powder with a melting point between 90 - 95°C. It is practically insoluble in water and 1gram is soluble in 29 ml of alcohol.Storage, Stability, Compatibility... ↪ Read more

Doses - AUROTHIOGLUCOSE

↪ Description - AUROTHIOGLUCOSE Dogs: For canine pemphigus foliaceus/vulgaris: a) For those cases where corticosteroids and/or azathioprine are ineffective or causingunacceptable adverse effects: Discontinue azathioprine for one month and then give 1mg/5kg of body weight IM weekly for 10... ↪ Read more

AUROTHIOGLUCOSE

↪ Doses - AUROTHIOGLUCOSE Chemistry - A water soluble gold salt, aurothioglucose contains approximately 50% gold. It ispractically insoluble in alcohol and insoluble in vegetable oils. The commercial product is a 5% (50mg/ml) suspension in sesame oil, 2% aluminum monostearate, and... ↪ Read more

Doses - AURANOFIN

↪ Description - AURANOFIN Dogs: For treatment of gold-responsive dermatoses: a) 0.1 - 0.2 mg/kg PO daily (note: preliminary dosage) (Rosenkrantz 1989) For immune-mediated arthropathies and dermatopathies: a) 0.05 - 0.2 mg/kg (up to 9 mg/day total dose) PO q12h (Vaden and Cohn... ↪ Read more

AURANOFIN

↪ Doses - AURANOFIN Chemistry - An orally administered gold compound, auranofin occurs as a white, odorless, crystalline powder. It is very slightly soluble in water and soluble in alcohol. Auranofin contains 29% gold.Storage, Stability, Compatibility Store capsules in tight, light... ↪ Read more

Doses - ATROPINE SULFATE

↪ Description - ATROPINE SULFATE Dogs: As a preanesthetic adjuvant: a) 0.022 - 0.044 mg/kg IM or SQ (Muir ) b) 0.074 mg/kg IV, IM or SQ (Package Insert; Atropine Injectable, S.A. - Fort Dodge) c) 0.02 - 0.04 mg/kg SQ, IM or IV (Morgan 1988) For adjunctive treatment of bradycardias,... ↪ Read more

ATROPINE SULFATE

↪ Doses - ATROPINE SULFATE Chemistry - The prototype tertiary amine antimuscarinic agent, atropine sulfate is derived from thenaturally occurring atropine. It is a racemic mixture of d-hyoscyamine and l-hyoscyamine. The l-form of the drug is active, while the d- form has practically no... ↪ Read more

Doses - ATRACURIUM BESYLATE

↪ Description - ATRACURIUM BESYLATE Dogs: a) Induction dose: 0.22 mg/kg IV, give 1/10th to 1/6th of this dose initially as a "priming"dose, followed 4-6 minutes later with the remainder and a sedative/hypnotic agent. Intraoperative dose: 0.11 mg/kg IV (Mandsager 1988) b) After acepromazine... ↪ Read more

ATRACURIUM BESYLATE

↪ Doses - ATRACURIUM BESYLATE Chemistry - A synthetic, non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent, atracurium, is abisquaternary, non-choline diester structurally similar to metocurine and tubocurarine. It occurs aswhite to pale yellow powder. 50 mg is soluble in 1 ml of water, 200 mg is... ↪ Read more

Doses - ATIPAMEZOLE HCL

↪ Description - ATIPAMEZOLE HCL Dogs: For reversal of medetomidine: a) Give IM an equal volume of Antisedan® as Domitor® is administered (ml per ml). Theactual concentration of Antisedan® will be 5X that of Domitor®, as Antisedan® is 5mg/ml versus Domitor®'s 1... ↪ Read more