|Articles|April 13, 2010

Today's Daily Dose: Acute vomiting treatment

Important administration guidelines for the antiemetic maropitant.

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“Advise clients not to tightly wrap the maropitant tablets in fatty food such as cheese or meat since this may keep the tablets from dissolving and delay the effect. Dogs should not be fed one to two hours before receiving maropitant.”

-Lofti El Bahri, DVM, MSc, PhD

From Maropitant: A novel treatment for acute vomiting in dogs

 

 

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