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Hi, all,
I hope you don't mind a newbie asking questions. My cat has a UTI and the vet gave me 250 mg Amoxicillin tabs. That sounds like *way* too much, and I'm afraid to give it to him. Does anybody know if that's the correct dose? Chak -- Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards. --Robert A. Heinlein |
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Yep, that sounds like way too much. Good thing you questioned that.
Here's a site for dosage, but I would run this past a vet, maybe a different one than you have now...: http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...r+cat s&hl=en (It says "Cats: The recommended dosage is 50 mg (5-10 mg/lb) once a day.) Rhonda Chakolate wrote: Hi, all, I hope you don't mind a newbie asking questions. My cat has a UTI and the vet gave me 250 mg Amoxicillin tabs. That sounds like *way* too much, and I'm afraid to give it to him. Does anybody know if that's the correct dose? Chak |
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In article , Rhonda
wrote: Yep, that sounds like way too much. Good thing you questioned that. Here's a site for dosage, but I would run this past a vet, maybe a different one than you have now...: http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...om/PAHimages/c ompliance_pdfs/US_EN_A5_compliance.pdf+dosage+amoxicillin+for+cat s&hl=en (It says "Cats: The recommended dosage is 50 mg (5-10 mg/lb) once a day.) Rhonda Chakolate wrote: Hi, all, I hope you don't mind a newbie asking questions. My cat has a UTI and the vet gave me 250 mg Amoxicillin tabs. That sounds like *way* too much, and I'm afraid to give it to him. Does anybody know if that's the correct dose? Chak It's high, but the penicillins (including amoxicillin) are, in the absence of allergy, generally nontoxic. I don't think there's a huge danger. I'm a little surprised, however, that the vet didn't give liquid amoxicillin, which is easier to measure, and, in my opinion, administer. It's strawberries-and-cream flavored, which, for some reason, was extremely attractive to Clifford (RB). Now, did Clifford, once he got into the habit of licking his lips after a dose, simply lap up the next dose? Riiiiight. |
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Rhonda wrote in
: Yep, that sounds like way too much. Good thing you questioned that. Here's a site for dosage, but I would run this past a vet, maybe a different one than you have now...: http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...zerah.com/PAHi mages/compliance_pdfs/US_EN_A5_compliance.pdf+dosage+amoxicillin+for+ca ts&hl=en (It says "Cats: The recommended dosage is 50 mg (5-10 mg/lb) once a day.) I checked again with the vet, who was obviously relieved that I found the error. We are now on 50 mg/day. Whew. Thanks very much. He may not have been in any danger from that large a dose, but it's better he didn't get it, anyway. Chak -- Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards. --Robert A. Heinlein |
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"Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote in
: I'm a little surprised, however, that the vet didn't give liquid amoxicillin, which is easier to measure, and, in my opinion, administer. It's strawberries-and-cream flavored, which, for some reason, was extremely attractive to Clifford (RB). Now, did Clifford, once he got into the habit of licking his lips after a dose, simply lap up the next dose? Riiiiight. There's a LIQUID????? The last time I gave Pi amoxicillin for a UTI, I started out by putting it in a glob of peanut butter, which he scarfed down. Then after three or four days, I got stingy with the pb, and he ended up biting down on the pill. That was three years ago, and he still won't touch chunky pb. He laps up the smooth, but he just doesn't trust the crunchy. A tastier form would have been great. Chak -- Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards. --Robert A. Heinlein |
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"Chakolate" wrote in message 44.170... Rhonda wrote in : Yep, that sounds like way too much. Good thing you questioned that. Here's a site for dosage, but I would run this past a vet, maybe a different one than you have now...: http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...zerah.com/PAHi mages/compliance_pdfs/US_EN_A5_compliance.pdf+dosage+amoxicillin+for+ca ts&hl=en (It says "Cats: The recommended dosage is 50 mg (5-10 mg/lb) once a day.) I checked again with the vet, who was obviously relieved that I found the error. We are now on 50 mg/day. Whew. Thanks very much. He may not have been in any danger from that large a dose, but it's better he didn't get it, anyway. I hope Pi feels better soon. -- Shirley http://community.webshots.com/user/shirleycatuk |
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In article 70,
Chakolate wrote: "Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote in : I'm a little surprised, however, that the vet didn't give liquid amoxicillin, which is easier to measure, and, in my opinion, administer. It's strawberries-and-cream flavored, which, for some reason, was extremely attractive to Clifford (RB). Now, did Clifford, once he got into the habit of licking his lips after a dose, simply lap up the next dose? Riiiiight. There's a LIQUID????? The last time I gave Pi amoxicillin for a UTI, I started out by putting it in a glob of peanut butter, which he scarfed down. Then after three or four days, I got stingy with the pb, and he ended up biting down on the pill. That was three years ago, and he still won't touch chunky pb. He laps up the smooth, but he just doesn't trust the crunchy. A tastier form would have been great. Chak It's standard human pediatric liquid amoxicillin. Whether other cats will like strawberries and cream, I can't say. An increasing number of regular pharmacies (as well as specialist compounding pharmacies) will flavor liquid prescriptions -- and I doubt the liver and tuna flavors are meant for little kids. |
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"Shirley" wrote in news:RFEuf.69527
: I hope Pi feels better soon. Mercy buckups. :-) Chak -- Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards. --Robert A. Heinlein |
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