Does anyone have experience using Cerenia for vomiting and nausea? Boo has been having some increased episodes of vomiting bile, decreased appetite, and weight loss, associated with his IBD the past month. Although he already takes a lot of medications, his specialist agreed to let him try an oral course of Cerenia. He received 2 Cerenia injections in the past 4 weeks, which helped for a day or two. Fingers crossed that a daily dose will help him get on the mend. Except for elevated inflammatory markers, his blood and urine labs look great. So, I am hopeful.
One of my Border Collies was given Cerenia. All I can say is that it worked for her. Not a Havanese, but I hope knowing someone who had it successfully is helpful.
Yes, Cerenia works great for taking care of nausea, when used exactly the way you are using it. It is important to rule out all SERIOUS cUses of the nausea, because Cerenia is SO good at stopping the symptom, that if there is an underlying cause, you can miss it. So your vet did exactly the right thing, looking at his underlying functioning before suggesting it. But then it works wonderfully! My dogs have been on it a number of times for various reasons, for short periods of time, and it makes them MUCH more comfortable.
For any dog given Cerenia, it is critical to determine why the dog is vomiting. Vomiting can save a dog's life if they have consumed something that needs to come up. Important not to suppress it in this case.
Of course she was certainly not suggesting feeding cooked poultry bones to them on purpose. But she was saying that in MOST instances, the amount swallowed by MOST dogs when it happens accidentally was safer staying put in the stomach. But of course, the safest of all is not to let it happen!!!
Agreed. And there are things much worse than bones that better not get into the intestinal tract, like rocks, socks and plastic bags. I know dogs who ate each of these and it was not good.
I had good results with Cerenia with my previous dog. I used a very low dose and it worked very well. I don't remember this well but the directions say to use it for only a certain number of consecutive days, it might be 4 days?
Now in the case of Shadow, I've tried it for motion sickness and it did not work. He actually got sicker than usual with the Cerenia.
It is probably something you just need to try.
Fingers crossed for Boo!
Romeo (he was 15 lbs.) was prescribed 16mg. tablet by one vet that I did not care for. We went back to our original vet and he said to give him 4mg.(1/4 tablet) and see if it worked. It did. I think it used to be even more expensive! It is possibly the one thing that has gotten cheaper!
Perry took cerenia since he got car sick - it worked well for us for that. Luckily he is finally (fingers crossed) over that enough (only took 5 years to get over it!) that we don't need to use it, but I still bring it with us when we travel
Our vet prescribed Cerenia for car sickness. Teddy didn't throw up but unfortunately, he had the side effect of excessive drooling. He was a puddle when we got to our destination 5 hours later. He was also not himself the next day. We gave him Dramamine for the ride home and had better results. No throwing up or drooling. I realize this is for a different situation.
So far, the Cerenia seems to be helping Boo. He does seem to be a little more sleepy than usual. Not sure, if that is a side effect or just part of the recovery process. Irregardless, I am seeing improvement, which makes me happy. Back to vet tomorrow for some more fluids and mini labs.
I've used Cerenia a number of times over the years and dogs, for stomach upset issues. I think it's awesome to have on hand. I buy it on Amazon, waaay cheaper than my vet. She is willing to give me a Rx to do that.
Has anyone had their Havi develop slight constipation with use of Cerenia? After the third day, taking Cerenia, Boo’s stool became pebble like, firm but not rock hard. Color still normal and no blood is stool.
BoosDad, I'm sorry that Boo is having a hard time. 🥺
I know you've already thought of it, but I'd ask your vet. It seems to me that there can be different side effects for many different dogs, (or people, too.) Maybe the vet would have you alter the dose?
Also, if you need to vary the anti-nausea med with a different one, you could ask about Zofran, (ondansetron.) That is what I would give Tucker as needed.
Dusty has taken Cerenia on and off for years with no bad effects. He also has taken Zofran on a more regular basis.
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