He swallow a 5mg glipizide pill, 40 lbs, No it was a few minutes ago, 9years old, No

I understand your concern.

The oral diabetic drugs are thought to be inactive or poorly active in pets. In normal pets we don't expect anything more than mild hypoglycemia if any adverse effects at all were to arise. Overfeeding and dosing with a sucrose-containing syrup such as Karo or any pancake syrup that doesn't contain an artificial sweetener at a dose of 0.5 mL per pound of bodyweight - there are 5 mL in one measuring teaspoon - every 3 hours for 12 hours should suffice to keep your dog safe.

While these drugs could be useful in treating patients with type 2 diabetes - they can produce some insulin - by the time dogs and cats present with hyperglycemia, they are absolutely or relatively lacking in insulin production and so these drugs are unlikely to be effective. Hence, they're rarely prescribed to our pets.

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