Zyrtec 10 mg. for 60 pound OES with environmental allergies
His dermatologist has suggested that we try Zyrtec 10 mg. once per day. Is anyone currently using Zyrtec for their OES, and how did they respond? Any drowsiness? Thank you. |
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| I only mention it because it's a similar drug, but our vet gave us similar advice only with Claritin, since it's also over the counter now. It was much better than Benedryl in terms of drowsiness in our experience. |
| I'm eager to hear how it works too... it's a new one for Darby to try this year
when the allergy season starts again. She has horrible seasonal allergies. Panda started licking her front left paw again after several months of leaving her feet alone. She has allergies too but more year-round. I found a little yeast starting between her toes so it's Malaseb time again. Thankfully it's working. |
| our vet did same thing as buttersstotch's except since we don't have that product, we have the actual ingredient in claritan special ordered. |
Well, it doesn't make me or my kids drowsy, for what that's worth!  |
| I haven't tried Zyrtec, but I've tried Benedryl and just started Claritin on Sat. I think the Claritin really knocked Barns out the first time he took it, but he was fine and awake yesterday. |
| i was wondering too about all the new over the counter meds.. benadryl doesn't not seem to work on derby |
| We're two days into Zyrtec with no change in our dog's symptoms. I do not recall having to build up a serum blood level of Zyrtec to see some therapeutic effect, but it could be necessary. In the interim, our young man is being overcome with the "itchies."
I wish a quarter of a century of emergency medicine could help me out here, but I'm sort of lost in this land of dog medicine. It stands to reason that 10 mg. of Zyrtec - - the same dose for a 150 pound adult - - should have some therapeutic effect. If this persists I may call the dermatologist to ask about increasing the Zyrtec dosage or adding Benadryl. |
| I don't know about Zyrtec specifically, but I had bad allergies and remember that drugs like Claritin DID have a build-up period. That's why I often preferred to take something like sudafed, which provided a more immediate relief, than having to wait a week for the claritin to kick in.
Also, again don't know if it applies to zyrtec, but last time we were at the vet they suggested us giving Barney Benedryl 75mg, and a regular adult dose was 25mg, so it was much higher than I thought it would be. So maybe you need to up the dose of the Zyrtec for it to be effective. Also, I think that licking/scratching becomes a habit after a period of time, so that could be part of it too--that the dog just licks/scratches out of habit. |
barney1 wrote: I don't know about Zyrtec specifically, but I had bad allergies and remember that drugs like Claritin DID have a build-up period. That's why I often preferred to take something like sudafed, which provided a more immediate relief, than having to wait a week for the claritin to kick in.
Also, again don't know if it applies to zyrtec, but last time we were at the vet they suggested us giving Barney Benedryl 75mg, and a regular adult dose was 25mg, so it was much higher than I thought it would be. So maybe you need to up the dose of the Zyrtec for it to be effective. Also, I think that licking/scratching becomes a habit after a period of time, so that could be part of it too--that the dog just licks/scratches out of habit. You raise several excellent points, thank you. With regard to "forming habbits," several friends suggested that we either try putting boots over our young man's paws to break him from the habbit of licking them, or put Gold Bond powder on them to produce an awful taste. I talked with the dermatologist about both, and she was opposed to both. She felt that the dog was licking his paws because they were itchy, and that licking them made them feel better (mentally and maybe physically). She thought that if we placed a boot on his paws or Gold Bond powder on his paw pads that we would increase his anxiety and make him more uncomfortable. Based on your comments, I am thinking about combining strategies; using an antihistamine to control the itchies, and boots or socks to control the possibly obsessive compulsive licking behavior. Thank you for your comments. |
| Our young man is much improved on Zyrtec (after 6 days, 10 mg. (one tablet) per day).
Being that our dog is on a diet of hypo-allergenic food (ZD) only, the improvement that we achieved with Zyrtec confirms that the dog has environmental allergies. Fortunately, we've avoided the cost of intradermal allergy testing to validate that diagnosis. We may now begin to reintroduce his previous dog food and see what happens. Zyrtec is our new family friend. |
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