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My dog ingested Albuterol Sulfate what do we need to do

 
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My dog ingested Albuterol Sulfate what do we need to do

 

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Age: 2; Female

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Submitted: 1526 days and 18 hours ago.
Category: Dog
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Expert:  Dr. Bruce replied 1526 days and 18 hours ago.

HiCustomer

Can you answer a couple questions to help me out?
1) How long ago did she eat the albuterol sulfate?
2) Was it a full, semi-full, or near empty inhaler?

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Customer replied 1526 days and 18 hours ago.

1-2 hours ago about 8 2.5mg vilas

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Expert:  Dr. Bruce replied 1526 days and 18 hours ago.

Can you help me, a vilas is?

Customer replied 1526 days and 18 hours ago.

they are vials that i use for my breathing treatments

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Expert:  Dr. Bruce replied 1526 days and 18 hours ago.

So she ate eight entire vials for your asthma inhaler? I'm trying to make sure I understand the whole picture. All the metal vials are gone?

Customer replied 1526 days and 18 hours ago.

they are plastic vials that i put into a machine i beleive it is spelled inabulizer machine. and yes, she has injested the liquid that is in the vials

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Expert:  Dr. Bruce replied 1526 days and 18 hours ago.

Lets make her vomit to empty out her stomach.
Please follow these instructions on this site.
http://www.petplace.com/dogs/how-to-induce-vomiting-emesis-in-dogs/page1.aspx

This will help to decontaminate her.

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Expert:  Dr. Bruce replied 1526 days and 18 hours ago.

Can you tell me how much she weighs approximately so I can figure out the dose she got?

Customer replied 1526 days and 18 hours ago.

ok, we will try this,

Customer replied 1526 days and 18 hours ago.

she weighs about 50 lbs.

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Expert:  Dr. Bruce replied 1526 days and 18 hours ago.

The possible dose on a mg per kg dose is 0.86 mg/kg. This is a pretty high dose. That is assuming that she ate all the liquid out of each container and we don't decontaminate her at all with the emesis induction.

I would strongly recommend taking her after you get her to vomit to an ER clinic for them to give activated charcoal to (to prevent any more absorption) and for them to hospitalize her for further treatment and observation.

Here is an excerpt from Plumb's Veterinary Formula.

Overdosage/Acute Toxicity
Symptoms of significant overdose after systemic administration may include arrhythmias (bradycardia, tachycardia, heart block, extrasystoles), hypertension, fever, vomiting, mydriasis, and CNS stimulation. Hypokalemia may also be noted. If recently ingested (orally), and if the animal does not have significant cardiac or CNS effects, it should be handled like other overdoses (empty gut, give activated charcoal and a cathartic). If cardiac arrhythmias require treatment, a beta-blocking agent (e.g.,propranolol) can be used, but may precipitate bronchoconstriction. The oral LD50 in rats is reported to be greater than 2 g/kg. Contact a veterinary poison control center for further information.

I'm hoping that all turns out well.
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