The usual dosage of cerenia as it applies to motion sickness is 3 6 mg for every pound your dog weighs to be given once a day whereas for the treatment of acute vomiting 0 9 mg per pound body weight once a day is more common.
Cerenia injection for dogs dosage.
Safe use has not been evaluated in cats and dogs with gastrointestinal obstruction or those that have ingested toxins.
This dose can be repeated once per day for up to 5 days.
Use with caution in cats and dogs with hepatic dysfunction.
Parvovirus infection gastro enteritis and pancreatitis and the prevention of vomiting associated with the use of an emetogenic medication e g.
Let cerenia help you and your dog enjoy life every day without the worry of vomiting due to car sickness.
Cerenia for dogs uses dosage side effects alternatives.
Canine motion sickness is quite common and affects 48 of dogs.
Administer cerenia injectable solution intravenously over 1 2 minutes or subcutaneously at 1 mg kg 0 45 mg lb equal to 0 1 ml 1 kg 1 ml 22 lb of body weight once daily for up to 5 consecutive days.
The cerenia injectable solution usually contains 10 mg of maropitant per ml but always check the label just to be sure at this concentration you should administer 1 ml for every 22 pounds your dog weighs 1 ml per 10 kg.
Keep the solution refrigerated to reduce the pain of injection.
Use cerenia tablets for acute vomiting in dogs 2 months and older and for prevention of vomiting due to motion sickness in dogs 4 months and older.
3 this can discourage some owners from taking their dogs along for the ride or even end up delaying grooming training and medical care.
There were 8 dogs 4 males and 4 females in the 1 mg kg group and 16 dogs 8 males and 8 females in all other groups.
Cerenia solution for injection should be injected subcutaneously once daily at a dose of 1 mg kg bodyweight 1 ml 10 kg bodyweight for up to 5 consecutive days.
In dogs cerenia can be used to treat or prevent vomiting either as tablets or as solution for injection once daily for up to 5 days.
Fifty six beagle dogs 28 males and 28 females approxima tely 16 weeks of age were administered cerenia injectable solution subcutaneously once daily for 15 days at 0 1 3 and 5 mg kg.
We have to warn you cerenia comes with common side effects as does every other medication on the market today.
Dogs 4 months of age and older.
Each ml of cerenia injection contains 10 mg of maropitant as maropitant citrate as the medicinal ingredient and 3 3 mg metacresol as a preservative.
For the symptomatic treatment of acute vomiting e g.