HELP! My dog ate Naproxen
Quote: What should I do? Make your dog vomit. Use Hydrogen Peroxide 3%. Dosage: For an 88 pound Old English Sheepdog 2 to 3 tablespoons (that is 1 to 1 1/2 ounces, or 30 - 45 ml). Wait 10 minutes, if hasn't vomited by then, re dose. Wait another 10, re-dose if necessary. You can get your dog to take the Hydrogen Peroxide by simply holding open the bottom cheek, the side, and pour it into there. He'll swallow it. This way you don't have to try to pour it down your dog's throat. Yes, we just learned this from experience, and was on the advice of our vet. Our dog vomited almost immediately after the second dose. Dosage to get a dog to vomit may be less for a smaller dog or more for a larger dog. |
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| Yikes! Glad you caught it quickly. Is Mullie ok? |
 How scary! Is he feeling okay? |
| What is Naproxen?
What ever it is, I am so glad you got your boy to throw up and thankyou for the instructions on making a dog chuck, I think that is extremely helpful when you have to induce vomitting for unexpected things eaten by the 4 legged kids. |
| Naproxen is an NSAID. I am currently taking it to relieve some gouty arthritis symptoms.
He seems to be fine; I don't know that there would be any symptoms from Naproxen poisoning until is was too late anyway. I don't know what a problematic dose is. We had called our vet at his home on a Sunday night... we didn't want to idly chat. We may bring Mulligan in today anyway, discuss it and have his latest ear infection looked at. Naproxen is a very nasty pill to take. I have to have water in my mouth and take a large gulp of water as it is very bitter, disintegrates quickly and sticks to the tongue. It frequently feels like it is stuck in the throat, but I'm sure it's just from leaving a trace of itself on the way down. I also have to take Tagamet or some other stomach protectant while taking it. I must have dropped one of my pills at some point. He picked something up off the floor in the den, Joan told him to "leave it", right away and he dropped it the best he could. He wasn't enjoying the taste... too bad dogs can't spit, because he would have, I'm sure. After Mulligan was through with it, about 1/2 of the pill was left; it was already partially disintegrated. |
| Wow, scary. Glad he's okay. |
| I'm glad he's ok - that is scary!! |
| YIKES! So glad you caught it in time. Let us know how the vet visit goes today. |
 So glad to hear Mulligan is okay. It's great you acted so quickly.
Quote: Naproxen is a very nasty pill to take. I have to have water in my mouth and take a large gulp of water as it is very bitter, disintegrates quickly and sticks to the tongue. It frequently feels like it is stuck in the throat, but I'm sure it's just from leaving a trace of itself on the way down.
Could you put it in a teaspoon or more of applesauce and have it go down any easier? Or does it have to be taken on an empty stomach? Maybe Mulligan would share a "pill pocket" with you  |
| Wow, how scary! So glad Mulligan is okay.
Isn't Naproxen the prescription form of Aleve? Unfortunately I know WAY too much about all NSAIDS, having taken every blasted one due to back problems. |
| Glad to hear it turned out well!! But yikes!! |
| Scary! I'm glad Mulligan is alright. |
| How did Mulligan make out at the vet? Is he okay?
I also take Naproxen. I don't think 1/2 a pill for an 88 pound dog would be that dangerous - What did the Vet say? I'm glad to know how to make the dog vomit though in case I ever drop one of mine...or any pill for that matter. Funny, dogs won't take their own mediccation but will eat anything off the floor |
| That is scary. I am always thinking that Dixie may spit her thyroid pill out the side of her mouth and then Bosley would grab it before it hits the gorund!
Ashley wrote: Funny, dogs won't take their own mediccation but will eat anything off the floor 
Maybe that's the answer!! Just drop it onto the floor and yell "Leave it"!!!! That'll sure get them to gobble it up and swallow it down fast..! |
| Aleve is actually "Naproxen Sodium" while my tablets are "naproxen" (the generic name of "Naprosyn"). The difference in humans is that naproxen sodium goes to work a little more quickly.
Mulligan still seems to be fine. I was hoping the dose was safe, but when I quickly searched the net I didn't like what I found (it was quite limited). I didn't know whether to induce vomiting since the Naproxen is so "nasty"; I didn't know if this is what they would consider "caustic". If something is "caustic" they don't want you to induce vomiting. This is why I asked Joan to get the vet on the phone. I will report back after the vet visit tomorrow morning. We will talk about problematic doses of Naproxen with the vet, just to understand it a little better. The don't seem to metabolize it very well. As the half-life can be 36 to 72 hours in a dog, it takes a looong time to leave the body. I take a "normal" human prescription dose of 1,000 mg a day but I weigh considerably more than a sheepdog. Talk to you later in the morning. |
| Best wishes ron and Mulligan, hope all is well after the vet visit, it will be interesting to hear what you found out.
Times like this you do wonder wether inducing them to vomitt or not is scary. Keeping everything crossed Mulligan is OK. Belly rubs for Mulligan and sending hugs for you and joan.  |
| Hope Mulligan is OK. I think I would have induced vomiting, if you knew he ate it and could do it fairly soon after the pill got eaten. Just a guess though - it is not as caustic as most things they tell you not to induce vomiting for.
Please let us know what they say - best wishes for your boy.  |
| Mulligan is fine! Yay!
Some vets have or are using Naproxen in their practice for pets at a dose of 2mg/kg. For Mulligan who weighs about 40kg, that would be 80mg of naproxen. He got about 250 or 3 times that dose. It "probably" would have been OK. There is info about a dog that was on a dose of 5.something mg/kg for 7 days straight -- this dog had severe issues, but survived on IV therapy of some sort. Mulligan was a good boy when the Vet checked and swabbed and looked around in his poor yeast-infected ear, and tolerated his blood draw in anticipation of a needed trip to the dentist. Dawn, you're spot on. Even soft items like socks should be induced. "Next time" I'll know better and just do it. The first 100 years are the hardest! |
| Glad to hear he's okay. |
| yey!!! thank goodness he is okay...
mulligan, no more self medicating....you have to learn to read first, so you get the dosage right!  |
Darcy wrote: mulligan, no more self medicating....you have to learn to read first, so you get the dosage right!
Good one! I am so glad he is OK. Sounds like he got a bunch of stuff done at his appt too. That is always nice. |
| He can read -- he just can't do the mathematical conversions in his head. He needs his sliderule. |
| Great news so glad all worked out well. |
Ron wrote: He can read -- he just can't do the mathematical conversions in his head. He needs his sliderule.
I'm impressed! I have thumbs and still can't use that darn sliderule! Glad Mulligan came through in style. |
| Oh Ron & Joan, I'm so glad Mulligan is OK! What a scare! |
| do the dogs just throw up once or more? my sheepie has been trying to bring something up today now she just keeps swallowing. She did eat one big bite kipple drinks water. She she is sleeping shes ok, abite down. Not sure if she scatched her throat or what? |
| so happy to hear Mulligan is on the mend |
| I'm glad everything came out okay. |
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