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Use of Cerenia

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#1 ·
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.

Now my old man is down for a snooze.
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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.
 
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Right. That’s what I was trying to express. It should ONLY be given when closely monitored by a veterinarian who has ruled out other causes.
 
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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!!!
 
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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.
 
#19 ·
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!
 
#21 ·
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.
 
#23 ·
YAY!!! I can’t say that I’ve seen that it made any of mine sleepy, but they are all a lot younger thanBoo, and probably metabolize drugs differently.
 
#24 ·
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.
 
#26 ·
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.

Hugs to Boo. And you, too.
 
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