Carprofen Poisoning in Dogs

My 49 lb Basset mix tore the ankle pad on behind her right front ankle. We did not discover this until yesterday, after it was already inflamed and infected. She was prescribed 50mg of Rimadyl as well as antibiotics. She was given 50mg of Rimadyl (half a pill) at 6pm. I made her comfortable and left to go a a TCU football game. I returned at 11pm to discover my 50 lb Lab/Collie mix had chewed the cap off and eated the entire bottle of 13 and 1/2 100mg pills of Rimadyl. We rushed him to the Emergency Vet where they immediately induced vomiting and administered fluids and charcoal. I was not able to pay $2000 to have him watched in the hospital, so they pumped fluids under his skin (he looked really lumpy!) and allowed me to bring him home, with instructions to only give ice chips overnight. Then I am to give him 1gm tablet of Sucralfate in the morning, wait 2 hours, then give him small, frequent meals of dry dog food or plain chicken breast. Overnight, he threw up about 5-6 times, puddles of a dark-brown liquid. While appearing sad, so far this morning he had enough energy to follow a scent trail in the back yard and bark at a passing jogger, and trotted back to the house with his tail high. So far this morning, he has kept down the Sucralfate, drank a little bit of water, and eaten 10 pieces of kibble.
Should I take him back to the vet for additional fluids today?

OK so I think I may have scewed up on the dosage of Recovery EQ extra strength for horses. My vet recommended this for my black lab's arthitis, and I've been giving it to her for 3 years now, since she was 4 years old. The directions say 1/4 scoop which is just over 1/2 TBSP twice daily for each 300 pounds, which translates to .14 of a TBSP twice daily for my 80 pound lab. When we started this medication, my vet's assistant calculated the dosage for me, and I now think it may have been incorrect, as it came to just under 1 TBSP twice daily, which is about 7 times more than the recommended dosage, I think! No wonder each 1 kg container has only been lasting 5 or 6 months as opposed to the one year my vet had said it should last. My lab started getting head tremors shortly after we started this in 2015, but not knowing about side effects, and not knowing I was over-dosing my dog, both me and my vet didn't connect the dots. My vet simply asked me to keep a record of dates and frequencies of the tremors, warning that it may or may not be the beginnings of epilepsy. Of course there may be many instances of tremnors when my lab was unattended in her yard, but the ones I witnessed were as follows. 2015 - 12 occasions from April to November, one for 5 min, one for 7 min, several for 1, 2 or 3 min, and a couple for 1/2 min. 2016 - 6 occasions from May to Sept, ranging from 1/2 min to 2 min. 2017 - only 2 occasions, 2 1/2 min in May and 1 min in Nov. 2018 - 4 occasions, 1 min in Jan, 2 min in Feb, and 2 times for 1 min each in March. Nothing since then. So it looks like it has become less over time, and my vet says that is a good thing and not to worry about epilepsy...yet! My concern is that I now wonder if my lab is tremoring as a result of EQ overdosing over time. I will start reducing the dosage right away, and see if that helps as well. Do you have any opinions or knowledge about all this?

Hello! I am reaching out for help. The vet prescribed my 38 lb 11 year old beagle 1/2 a 75mg tablet every 12 hrs. He ate a whole one for his first dose. What should i do?

Our 96 pound chow/shepherd got into a bottle of rimadyl that was prescribed for our other 13 year old shepherd/husky for her end stage breast cancer. There were 6 100 mg tablets in the bottle and I seen it right away so I rushed him to the vet and he was given 2 doses of peroxide to endure vomiting, he didnt vomit. So they gave him some activated charcoal and a shot so he would not vomit the charcoal up and sent us home. It's been 1 week now and he has not acted any differently but the past 2 days, he has been vomiting...2 times yesterday and once today already. Should we be worried he has liver or kidney damage?

I have a 13 yr old full blooded Australian Shepherd. the vet gave us carprofen to give to her twice a day 50 mg each. After 3 doses she had a bad seizure we didn't realize it was the medicine and continued to give it to her for another 2 1/2 days. She had 8 50mg pills in all.It has now been 3 1/2 days since her last dose and she is still having at least 5 seizures a day basically anytime she gets up to walk she has a seizure and losses her bladder. She doesn't drink and she was drinking up to 4 bowls of water a day. She just lays around and doesn't move at all. Is there any hope she will recover from this?

My dog is getting this pill for 3 days every 12 hours . It's 25mg and he only gets 1/2 of one every 12 hours . But my husband accidentally gave it to him 2 hours early will he be okay ? What should we do ? He only ways 10 pounds

Last year, I gave my dog Rimadyl that was prescribed to another dog. I had good intentions of helping him with pain, but I now blame myself for his death. He was 12 lbs., and I gave him a total of 50mg in four small pieces within 24 hours. A little over 24 hours after I had given him the last small piece, he began having seizures. I took him to the ER and told them what I had done. He had also recently been on Prednisone before I gave him the Rimadyl and was given 2 injections the day after I had given it to him. He was being treated for a slow gate. The ER vet reprimanded me for giving him the medicine. She called the poison control and they said it didn't sound like a toxic issue, but something neurological. They kept my dog for about 10 hours and administered medicines. He continued to have the seizures and I ended up having to euthanize him. I cannot forgive myself for what happened. My vet told me that I did not cause his death, but I still believe I did. He had written possible brain lesion in his file while he was being treated prior to his death, but I still believe I caused my dog's death. I beat myself up over and over for what I did. Did I cause the death of my dog? How can I forgive myself?

One of my 4 dogs got into a bottle of carprofen while we were not home. I am not really sure which dog it was. All of the dogs are relativley large, the smallest being 50-60 lbs. The bottle had about forty-two 100mg tablets in it. They had to of gotten into the bottle 2-3 hours ago. I have not noticed any symptoms since I found the empty bottle. Do you think they will be okay?

My one year old beagle mix climbed on the counter and got my other dog's medicine. It was in a child proof container, but Annie chewed through the bottle. It was 10 Vetprofen 75 mg tablets. I called the emergency vet and they said to call poison control. I called them and paid $60 for them to tell me to go to the emergency vet. The emergency vet said it would cost a minimum of $250. I simply don't have it. What can I do? Make her throw up, give her activated charcoal?

On 7/6 we took our dog to the vet for skin issues and also because his arthritis and mobility was not improving with his once a day 100mg rimadyl. He was diagnosed with a bad case of dermatitis and a secondary bacterial infection of the skin. He was given a Cytopoint injection to stop his itching and redness and started on Simplicef. It was also decided that for his size he could be taking 200mg of Rimadyl per day. The vet determined that he had arthritis in all of his joints but also in the lumbosacral area. He was also started on Hills j/d prescription diet (gradual). He is a 100 lb Akita, 11 1/2 years old. On 7/11 he started having diarrhea. I called the vet and was instructed to stop everything and start a bland diet. His diarrhea was like dark brown water that just shot straight out. He could hold it but it was straight liquid. After two days on bland diet with no improvement I called the vet again and was prescribed Tylan powder. My dog, who still had a healthy appetite at this point, did not like the Tylan powder, but we got him to take it with his meal. He didn’t eat dinner and the next morning he vomited all of his meal. On 7/16 I called the vet to report no improvement and now vomiting meals. 7/17 we went in to see the vet. Blood test was run, examined abdomen, and did ultrasound. All tests normal, no swelling. No jaundice. She prescribed metronidazole and to continue bland diet. His appetite has somewhat returned. But the same watery diarrhea continues. It is more of an orangey Brown. He is keeping his food down. But without any pain med his mobility is not great. vet suspects the increase in rimadyl but I’m wondering also about the cytopoint injection and the antibiotics?? This has been a disaster. Though his skin is much improved.

My 20 lb, 15 yr old Jack Russel mix got into his bottle of Rimadyl while I was at work. I don’t know how many were in the bottle but at most there were 7 75-mg tablets. He could have done this anytime in the last 12 hours (my guess is earlier vs later in the day). He’s not showing any symptoms and is eating, drinking, and pottying normally. Are we out of the woods?

My dog was prescribed Rimadyl for pain from removal of a split nail. He had the prescribed dose for 2.5 days. By the evening of the 2nd day he seemed like he was in a lot of pain, not associated with the toenail. He would yelp in pain and was quite hunched over when walking; refused to jump up or down from the couch. I took him to the vet on the 3rd day and they indicated it could be an adverse effect from the medication so instructed to stop the meds. The 4th day he was in what appeared to be excruciating pain as he yelped almost any time he moved. His appetite was non-existent. By day 5 he appeared to be better he ate and pooped; but then the evening of day 6 he appeared to be in a lot of pain again, yelping with movement and very lethargic. Day 7 and 8 he appeared better again but now on the morning of day 9 he is in extreme pain again, yelping and whining. (the dog is a 5 year old Boston Terrier with no health conditions)

My 18 pound Jack Russell was prescribed caprofen 75mg, to be given 1/4 of a pill twice a day as needed. I accidentally gave him his first dosage as a full pill in one sitting. He hasn't shown any symptoms other than being a bit sleepy. I realized my mistake 5 hours after giving him the medicine. Should I take him to the vet?

My lab is only 5 years old and was prescribed Carprofen for his back pain a month ago. Today, he is fighting for lis life and is told only has weeks to live because of kidney failure. Could the Carprofen be the cause of this. He is still in critical care and has been for 5 days. His creatine live went from 10- 9- 9.6 in those 5 days. I am so at a lost at how this could happen. The carprofen is the only think I can think of.

I accidentally gave my dog an extra dose of Rimadyl. She gets 1/2 every 12 hours, they are 75mg. She had one at 8:00am, 5:30pm, and 10:30pm. She is a 30-34lb puggle. Will she be ok?

My labs ate at 6:30 this morning. At 7 I found one with a rimadyl bottle chewed up and empty. There were aprox 6-7 100mg chews. My labs are about 100 lbs. I’m not sure which ate them or if they shared. Would it be a toxic amount if one ate them all?

I gave my 38 lb blue heeler a 75mg carprofen last night as prescribed at 7:30pm. As all his other pills are to be taken every 12 hours, I gave him another one this morning at 8 am. I realized after that he should only get one every 24 hours. Is this something I should be concerned about? I'm worndering if this warrants a vet visit or just to keep a close eye on him and only give it every 24 hours from now on.

Hello, I was giving my dog her medication when my 4 month old Frenchie came and I was unable to tell who took ate the tablet. This happened at 6:45pm and it is now 7:45pm. So far no side symptoms have been seen. I’m not sure what the time frame would be for him to display symptoms. It was 50 mg of Carprofen. He weighs 16 lbs. He ate this on a full stomach and is not taking any other medications.

Our 80lb rough collie ate a full bottle (60 tablets, brand new bottle) of 75mg Rimadyl. We know exactly how long she could have eaten them, max was 115 minutes between the time she was administered Apomorphine and vomiting was induced. She was transferred to an ICU within 3 hours of initial ingestion. They continued with the activated charcoal protocol, and administered an iv fluids program to flush her kidneys and help get the liver cleaned up from the charcoal (or thats my understanding anyway). At approximately 24 hours after the initial entry to the ICU, she started having full body tremors. I believe at that point, the ICU staff attributed it to excess sodium. As the day rolled into the next day, the tremors stopped but they were still measuring extremely high sodium levels. BUN and Creatinine were very high. By Day 3, BUN and Creatinine and the liver enzymes were all down to normal, but the small seizures still happened. We're on day 5 at this point. We know her brain is the only hold-out now, but what I'm trying to understand is how high sodium levels can cause full body tremors - I suspect the tremors were not just tremors but were also seizures. Can you explain why sodium levels would be elevated enough to trigger brain damage? We think at this point, she's probably not going to pull through enough to regain any degree of mobility or cognitive function. Annabelle is 6 years old and was in excellent health prior to this issue.

My dog was prescribed carprofen and now has blood in her urine, and urinating more frequently. I am stopping the medication is there something else I can do. Otherwise she seems fine

Hello, I have an 88pound Bassett Hound Duke. Well Duke just had surgery where he had 2 separate masses removed. He was given 100mg Carprofen. Once daily. This evening between myself and my husband he accidentally was given 3 pills instead of one. Will he be okay?

My 1 year old, 60lbs Lab was prescribed 50mg of Truprofen. We gave him 1 dose yesterday (Friday) night, and within 30 minutes he was throwing up. We found most of the pill in the vomit, but since then he's continued vomiting and had diarrhea. He seemed to be doing better this morning and was moving around fine and playing with his red ball, so we cautiously fed him ~1 cup of food at noon. About 2 hours later he threw that up, and parts of it were pink. We're not sure if it's blood or if it was from something else he ate. It's now 5pm on Saturday and the vet is closed. Is there anything at this point we can do? Is it late enough that activated carbon wouldn't help?

I my dog was prescribed 5 tablets of carprophen and my other dog jumped on the counter and ate the remamining 3 while I was at work. He's not acting any differently for the past few hours. Will he be ok?