Carprofen Poisoning in Dogs

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 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?

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.

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?

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?

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 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

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?

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?

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 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?

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 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?

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?