Tussigon/hycodan 5mg For Dogs (Page 2)
UpdatedMy dog needs this med every day for a collapsing trachia and I can't find it anywhere? Can you help?
Just crush the pill up on a saucer with a spoon and heat up a bite of food(I use can corn beef hash). Then scrape the crushed pill onto the food and mix it up. I have a 19yr old Shih Tzu that takes Tussigon and this is the ONLY way I can get her to take it! Hope it works...
To Stormie's Mom --- thanks so much. I did not know that you could crust it -- will check with vet to be sure. But obviouly has not interfered with the effectiveness for you.
Gonna go do it your way now and thanks again.
M
I give my dog tussigon everyday. Simply place the pill between two small pieces of soft whitte bread firmly closed around the edges. Your dog will feel he or she is getting a treat.
Thanks Darlene for sharing your success. I appreciate it.
M
Try wrapping the pill in a thin slice (deli style) of roast beef or turkey breast. This is the only way I can give pills to my Pug. Also some dogs like the EZ Cheese that comes in the can. If your dog will eat it, this is GREAT for pill popping.
I don't know if you're still looking for help, but my doctor ordered prednisone along with the tussigon for cough. Made a huge difference.
Thanks everyone -- what a great group! Our little fur baby has had rough side effects with this medication and the vet has discontinued it for now.
With the 2x day dosing she could be totally out of it or periods of high anxiety and what looked like some kind of psychosis. Poor thing.....It "did" help her cough when I could get it down her --- and your ideas for dosing were most helpful.
Thank you again.
Have you tried tucking the pill inside of an empty capsule? You can buy empty #3 or #4 capsules from a pharmacy or you can order online from www.capsuline.com I cut the capsules as small as can- the longer portion is cut big enough to hold the pill and then I cap it. Tuck it right into my dogs food and she never knows it's there
get it in liquid form, that is what I did, because I also have a poodle that will not take a pill.
I got it from my vet in GA
High anxiety from the tussigon? do you think it was increasing the heart rate or just a bad reaction? Hope your furbaby is doing well soon!!!
My yorkie has been on tussigon for 4 weeks now after tracheal stint implant, I started with all the things you named and now I can only sneak it to him with meat, so grilled chicken breast, beef or any meat you feel comfortable giving, I only have to give a small amount and I bury the pill in it and he scarfs it down and has been doing that 3x's a day now for well over a week.
I need this for my dog at a reasonable price,because he takes it every day.
go to your veterinarian. get a blood panel and maybe a chest film. Tussigon is available by veerinary prescription only. It is widely available through your veterinarian only.
I just purchased Tussigon at Publix Pharmacy so it is available for human use at this time.
I purchased ours for my yorkie at Walgreens. Vet wrote the script for both Tussigon 5 mg tablets and also I wanted to try the straight Hydrocodone elixir. Since I've had both, we haven't needed to use it. Guess that's a good thing! :-)
ill need to see if masscahusetts allows my cockerspanial of 20 years whos almost dead :( some pain releif for a while the plain aspirin causes diarhea if vicodin did for him what it did to me constipation would be great so would mild euphoria and happiness and tylenols antidepressent properties...
My suggestion would be to call your local pharmacy and ask if Hycodan tablets or Tussigon tablets are available by prescription. If they don't know what they are tell them it is a combination of hydrocodone 5mg and homatropine. If it is unavailable locally you might want to check your state law regarding mail order prescriptions of a controlled substance. There are many legitimate mail order pharmacies as well as veterinary pharmacies that you might be able to obtain the tablets from. It might take a little effort but I would guess you can get it somewhere. I had no trouble getting it where I live.
i cut a wennie , make a slit and insert pill
U can give a pill in a cut up vienna sausage that is what i do for my dog.
Vienna sausage has too many mechanical parts in it for me. I won't eat that stuff and won't give it to my dogs either. How about a small amour of Canned dog food? Something by Wellness or Canidae... taste of the wild. Not junk dog food like purina... Visit dogfoodanalysis to learn more about the nasty foods out there. Very simple, tuck the pill in some dog food and your dog should eat it no problem.
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