New Drug for Doggie Carsickness Approved by FDA
Thanks to All Headline News for this update.
FDA Approves First Dog Drug To Prevent Motion Sickness In Dogs
Nidhi Sharma - All Headline News Staff WriterWashington D.C. (AHN) - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first dog drug - Cerenia to prevent and treat vomiting in dogs associated with motion sickness. Most dogs get nauseated while they are traveling in a car, which can lead to vomiting and severe dehydration if left untreated.
The new dog drug, which is manufactured by Pfizer, can both be used in tablet and injection form to prevent vomiting associated with motion sickness.According to FDA reports, an injectable form of the drug, known generically as maropitant citrate has also been approved. It can prevent and treat acute vomiting due to chemotherapy, parvovirus, kidney disease, pancreatitis and other causes. Cerenia tablets and injections are available only through a veterinarian.
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Is there information about Cerenia and reaction to anesthesia coming up for teeth cleaning? We drive 50 miles to our vet and the sheltie always gets sick. Nothing works except some form of anesthesia which is risky just before surgury so we don’t do it.
Something safe would be delightful. We will not give up our sheltie for just such a small thing but he would be happier I am sure.
Oh, great…another money-maker for Pfizer, like their notorious arthritis medication, Rimadyl.
I wonder how many dogs THIS drug will kill or seriously harm. For those who don’t know, Rimadyl, like all NSAIDS (COX-2 inhibitors), has piled up thousands of reports of deaths and other adverse effects with the FDA…AND has been the target of numerous class action law suits — yet the FDA has done nothing to pull this dangerous drug from the market.
Sadly, we lost our G’Kar to Rimadyl toxicity and we will never use another Pfizer product for ourselves or our animals. Nor will we use veterinarians who are either too stupid or too greedy to acknowledge the dangers that Rimadyl (and the other COX-2 inhibitors Etogesic, Metacam, Deramaxx and Piroxicam) poses to dogs and their unsuspecting guardians.
For more info on the dangers of these NSAIDS, visit: The Senior Dogs Project at http://www.srdogs.com/Pages/rimadylfr.html