1/4 CERENIA dose question

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Rocket has been Rx Cerenia...he was currently on 1 mg bid of zofran but doesn't seem to be working as he is lip smacking

vet wants to discontinue for now the zofran and start him on Cerenia

the dose is: tablets are 16 mgs
to give 1/2 tablet every 24 hrs for 5 days then stop for 2 days then repeat

he weighs 7.13 kgs

is the dose right or too much for him?

he is taking buprenorphine and i did give him the full dose Rx of 0.52 ml this afternoon....he also gets 7.5 mgs bid of phenobarbital....

another question on Cerenia....how far apart from the phenobarbital, zantac and buprenorphine to give Cerenia?
 
if you google cerenia yu may want to bring this info to your vet. i am not seeing this drug for use in cats unlees this is a recent approval.so far all ive seen is for use on dogs.is cat ok on the zofran? if he is yu maybe want to discuss him staying on the zofran
 
Girlcat said:
if you google cerenia yu may want to bring this info to your vet. i am not seeing this drug for use in cats unlees this is a recent approval.so far all ive seen is for use on dogs.is cat ok on the zofran? if he is yu maybe want to discuss him staying on the zofran
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zofran seems not to be doing the job with Rocket....he's been on that for a while so perhaps no longer working....hence why the temporary switch to Cerenia
 
I have not used Cerenia tablets, only the sub Q injections, and I am not familiar with dosage, as the vet measures out the syringes for me. I know that she has always given Bear and Teddy a "half" dose, but I'm not sure what it is.

I know that you can use it for 5 days in a row max, then have to take some time off. It can also be given concurrently with Zofran, from what my vet told me. I have found Cerenia to be very effective for nausea in my cats, though I have found that it sometimes doesn't kick in until after two doses are given.

Girlcat may be correct about approval for cats, but my vet has been giving Cerenia to cats for some time now.

I'm not familiar with the use of phenobarb, but as far as I know, there is no need to separate doses of Cerenia from zantac and bupe.
 
These are my responses in your Lantus condo:

carolynandlatte said:
Hi Claudia,
First Im glad you were able to get ROcket into your vet yesterday. SOunds like you have a great vet who knows both you and Rocket well. It sounds like you are also getting a little more rest. Hopefully Rocket is too.

Regarding the cerenia. Its typically used for vomiting. I used it regularly on Latte for her severe vomiting episodes and it did a wonderful job stopping them. I gave 1/4- 1/3 of a 16mg pill. It was always a few days on (3 I think) and 5 days off. I see a lot of people recently giving it 5 days and 3 off. Sometimes I gave it longer. That was a choice I made in the best interest of Latte w/ approval from her vet once I understood why its recommended to take a break. I always found injectible much more effective. She had some major absorption issues, tho. There was a great article a while back suggesting that a higher dose (1/3 of 16mg) when used in pill form was more effective than the standard 1/4 pill (4mg). I went that route when I used the pill form.

Ive always been told not to wrap it in anything (pill pocket, gel cap, etc) because it wont absorb as well in the system. It tastes horrible, too. :( So be quick with it.

I cant comment on spacing it with any of the other meds, sorry. Not much is known about cerenia and its long term use in cats. Unless something new has come out in the last 6 months or so.

It was one of the meds I was least fearful of using and found it to be very effective. It didnt necessarily make her want to eat. It just stopped the vomiting. I didnt stop the ondansetron (zofran) or pepcid while she was on a cerenia run.
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carolynandlatte said:
I used the ondansetron 2x/day, pepcid 2x/day or ranitidine 3x/day + cerenia 1x/day (during extreme bouts of vomiting).

I did end up wrapping the pill in the thinnest layer possible of pill pocket because I could not afford to keep having her spit it up and disinigrate. This was another reason I used the injection more often.

I was going to post in health, but lost my curser ( confused_cat confused_cat ). Its back now :lol: . Girlcat was correct, it IS used off label in cats here in the U.S (meaning its not approved for use in cats). I do believe Canada is the same, but you would have to search. I suspect all the meds you use on rocket are not approved for cats. I dont think that is what should be the deciding factor. The deciding factor is whether or not it will help, what are the risks, and is it worth it? Thats an individual question for each pet owner.

Cerenia is not a replacement for ondansetron. It should be a supplement to put a major halt on vomiting, not necessarily general nausea.
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cleo's oncologist attended a conference at which they said longer term use of cerenia was actually okay. i had cleo on it for a while before it stopped working and we started zofran and then anzemet (there's a warning on anzemet with people -- heart issues -- so i'd be leery of it for cats for now).
dose sounds right to me. cleo was half rocket's size and she got 1/4 pill cerenia SID.

injectable famotadine (pepcid) might be a good idea you could explore with your vet, if you don't mind adding another med. between that and the cerenia or ondansetron, cleo's nausea was reduced substantially. she got the famotadine BID.
 
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