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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2003Sudafed for Cats
An update-- Due to the concern raised here about 30 mgs being too much for a little cat, my friend managed to half a pill, which her kitty hated so much she foamed and gagged it up. She then gave her a whole one (last night this time) and by morning she was breathing clearly. Although the vet said to give her 30 mgs twice a day, my friend is going to wait until tomorrow to give her another, and will only do that if she is still congested. She says it has not made the kitty sleepy and has helped a lot. Thanks for all advice, you guys are great! circa Mon, 17 Nov 2003 00:27:34 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > An update-- > > Due to the concern raised here about 30 mgs being too much for a > little cat, my friend managed to half a pill, which her kitty hated so > much she foamed and gagged it up. She then gave her a whole one (last > night this time) A whole 60mg tab? Laura  SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. >> Due to the concern raised here about 30 mgs being too much for a >> little cat, my friend managed to half a pill, which her kitty hated so >> much she foamed and gagged it up. She then gave her a whole one (last >> night this time) >> >A whole 60mg tab? Sudafed comes in 30 mg tabs. The adult dose is 2 tabs (60 mg). The dose for children is one tab. circa Mon, 17 Nov 2003 00:12:45 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, MGW (mgw1979@hotmail.com) said, > >> Due to the concern raised here about 30 mgs being too much for a > >> little cat, my friend managed to half a pill, which her kitty hated so [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Sudafed comes in 30 mg tabs. The adult dose is 2 tabs (60 mg). The > dose for children is one tab. Ah. Given that mine are 120mg, I didn't recall the OTC dosage per tab. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > circa Mon, 17 Nov 2003 00:27:34 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > A whole 60mg tab? A single tab is 30 mgs. > circa Mon, 17 Nov 2003 00:27:34 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > A whole 60mg tab? The Sudafed tabs come in 30 mg; I assume she gave a whole 30 mg tab, after actually managing to cut one in half & trying to give the half-tab/15 mg to the cat - which caused the cat distress. My *guess* is that they're meant to be taken whole, considering how they're manufactured. They're quite small, so the glossy hard coating may be to dissuade people from trying to split them (Vs. coating for easy swallowing) - perhaps they're very bitter, for ex. (I don't know, I've never even tried to split one of those tabs; seems like it would just skitter out from under a knife & go shooting across the room!) Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > The Sudafed tabs come in 30 mg; I assume she gave a whole 30 mg tab, after > actually managing to cut one in half & trying to give the half-tab/15 mg to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Cathy Righto! And so far no bad effects. Just good--the kitty can breathe. > > The Sudafed tabs come in 30 mg; I assume she gave a whole 30 mg tab, > after [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Righto! And so far no bad effects. Just good--the kitty can breathe. Good. :-) Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > > Righto! And so far no bad effects. Just good--the kitty can breathe. > > Good. :-) Yeah, poor baby. I've felt turned inside out by what has happened to this little one. Let's hope she's out of trouble for a while. > Cathy > > -- > "Staccato signals of constant information..." > ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon circa Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:05:36 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Cathy Friedmann (clfr@adelphia.net) said, > They're quite > small, so the glossy hard coating may be to dissuade people from trying to > split them (Vs. coating for easy swallowing) - perhaps they're very bitter, > for ex. (I don't know, I've never even tried to split one of those tabs; > seems like it would just skitter out from under a knife & go shooting across > the room!) Pill cutters are wonderful things. I just scrounged up an OTC sudafed and cut it with a pill cutter. It was a heckuva lot easier than it is for me to cut Jacob's Pepcid into quarters, I'll tell you. :-) Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > circa Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:05:36 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Cathy Friedmann (clfr@adelphia.net) said, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Pill cutters are wonderful things. I just scrounged up an OTC sudafed > and cut it with a pill cutter. I'd forgotten about pill cutters - had one when my cat Debbie was on some meds that needed cutting; it sometimes worked, sometimes didn't - depended upon the shape of the tablet & how many pieces it had to be cut into. > It was a heckuva lot easier than it is > for me to cut Jacob's Pepcid into quarters, I'll tell you. :-) > > Laura I can believe it - I also used to cut Pepcid tabs & phophorous binder (name of which escapes me) tabs (into eighths, no less!) up for Debbie - near impossible to get them evenly sized. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon circa Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:06:33 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Cathy Friedmann (clfr@adelphia.net) said, > I can believe it - I also used to cut Pepcid tabs & phophorous binder (name > of which escapes me) tabs (into eighths, no less!) up for Debbie - near > impossible to get them evenly sized. Amphojel? I've finally resorted to letting the Pepsid get all crushed up into a little pile that I divide into four roughly even portions. Luckily, the bits are so tiny that I can get 'em into Jacob without him even noticing. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > circa Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:06:33 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Cathy Friedmann (clfr@adelphia.net) said, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > Amphojel? Trying to remember back... I *think* (name sounds right, at any rate) that was the first one that I tried - in vain - to find, then bought a liquid (can't remember name) which she hated, then finally found Basaljel, which she tolerated well - but it needed all of the splitting. > I've finally resorted to letting the Pepsid get all crushed up into a > little pile that I divide into four roughly even portions. Luckily, > the bits are so tiny that I can get 'em into Jacob without him even > noticing. Good idea; why hadn't I thought of that??! Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon >> circa Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:06:33 -0500, in >> rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Cathy Friedmann (clfr@adelphia.net) [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Cathy I have to cut Pepcid, but I don't find it the problem that other pills cause. No, they don't cut up equally but I just look (eyeball) the whole pieces of the quarters and add in small shards or powder into the smallish pieces. Add the smallish-"looking" doses into a gelcap along with the powder left-overs. It's almost like a science. |
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