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Dog Ate Aleve
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stdogz

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Posted: 9:00:20 AM 4/23/2006

Hi There
My English Bulldog has been throwing up his breakfast and this morning had black tarry stools. I just found out that he had eaten a few Aleve tablets the day before. Hubby *forgot* to tell me. Nice.

So my concern is that my dog is suffering from an ulcer. I called poison control and they said that since it happened at least 24 hrs ago, inducing vomiting wasn't going to help. They suggested giving him Tagamet for the burning sensation and that should help with the ulcer part but ulcers usually heal on their own....

Anyone else have experience with their dog eating pain relievers?

He's acting fine otherwise. Still very active and eating and drinking - except for the puking part....but that isn't every time he eats....

Thanks so much!
Ann

Sydney

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Posted: 9:06:31 AM 4/23/2006

My dog at a small bottle of Aleve a while back while I was gone one day. After the ER that night, I took her to my normal vet the next day, in the exam room she threw up and there was blood in it, she had to be hospitalized overnight, she had stomach problems for 4 months after.

However my dog ate about 20 pills, your dog had a couple. I would still take him in to see the doctor. With my dog she got an ulcer, and the throwing up wasnt helping matters, so my vet gave her some pills for anti vommiting, actually she was on 5 differnt meds, it was such a pain, but luckily she is fine now.

I hope your dog is ok, and now I never leave any kind of pills around, they all stay in tall cabinets.

IcyHound

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Posted: 9:17:35 AM 4/23/2006

Go to the Canine ER

Not something I suggest at the drop of a hat
However Alive, Tylanol, Advil, these are all very bad meds in our dogs and cats. At least call the Canine ER they will probably tell you to come in. If you don't have the number call local vets, someone will have it on their answering machine.

Please don't just give him some drugs and hope for the best.

stdogz

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Posted: 9:46:55 AM 4/23/2006

Hi There
Thanks for your responses, luckily he only got a few pills. He got into my gym bag and ate the bottle and thankfully there were no more than 5 in there and he's about 60 lbs. He also chewed up my water bottle, a pair of socks and half of my sneaker :) Brat!

I did call canine poison control and they said to watch him and see if he starts acting lethargic, etc. but I will call our local 24hr Emergency Vet and see if they want me to bring him in.

Ann :)

Newfie_girl

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Posted: 10:00:51 AM 4/23/2006

Black tarry stools is a sign of a GI (gastrointestinal) bleed, not good! Stool turns black d/t the digestion of blood in the the GI tract, the black apperance is from the presence of iron. Aleve is an NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug), which can cause stomach bleeding, etc. in humans. You may want to take him to the Emergency vet to get his Hematocrit and Hemoglobin checked, as if these levels are too low, it can cause lethargy, shock, and even death. Also, keep an eye on his mucus membranes (gums), if they start getting pale, or have a blue-gray tint, get him to the vet IMMEDIATELY, as he is not getting enough oxygen, and you have very little time before something bad happens (stop breathing, etc.) I don't mean to scare you, but I'm a nurse and I just wanted you to know some of the possible outsomes of a GI bleed. Hope this helps.

scout1

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Posted: 11:13:25 AM 4/23/2006

my advice is to get him to the ER. have dealt with this a ton of times and very very VERY few animals recover with the wait and see method. it is not only ulcers you have to be concerned with. you also have to be concerned with liver toxicity. the dog should be put on iv fluids, given stomach protectants as well as liver protectant drugs.

i have been through this with my cat when she decided to eat a 75 mg chewable rimadyl tablet meant for a 75 pound dog. i immediately rushed her to the vet right here in town. when they tried to induice voniting she refused to give up her yummy treat. so after a hour of trying to induce vomiting with no success i took her to my work and got her started on iv's and other drugs. thankfully she suffered no ill effects. that was because i acted right away. i didn't wait and see what would happen because i have treated many other peoples pets, so i know what could have happened.

MericoX19

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Posted: 12:03:36 PM 4/23/2006

Hope your doggie is okay. Kiba ALMOST got a pill when she was a baby baby.... it freaked me out I jumped up real quickly and when I landed it scared her and out popped the pill. LOL.

But I think you should bring him into the vet just in case.

And of course they eat "our pills" but wont touch their own?

GOOD LUCK!!!

lpn169

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Posted: 3:14:58 PM 4/23/2006

Was wondering if you took the dog to the ER vet, and how he was doing.

stdogz

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Posted: 3:47:20 PM 4/23/2006

Hi Everyone
We did take him to our ER Vet....and $575 later (yikes) he is doing well. All his blood levels are fine so the vet doesn't think he had too much actually ingested, she thinks that he probably threw up the majority of it initially and the stool is normal reactionary to his very upset belly :)
She said as a precaution to feed him the usual hamburg and rice diet for a few days and his gastrointestinal tract should be just fine...

I am glad to know he will be just fine and now *I* know better than to leave my gym bag lying around!!!

Thanks for all your help. Kramer is snoozing happily on the couch like nothing ever happened!

Ann

ps. here he is with his little buddy....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/stdogz/DSCF0011.jpg

***Edited By: stdogz on 4/23/2006 3:52:25 PM***
Reason: add pic

lpn169

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Posted: 4:00:14 PM 4/23/2006

Great!! So glad to hear he is doing fine.

Newfie_girl

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Posted: 4:24:24 PM 4/23/2006

So happy to hear he's doing ok!

Erbabe337

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Posted: 8:28:25 PM 4/23/2006

Thanks for the update, I am so glad he is doing fine. I LOVE the pic of him with the little boy SOOO cute :-)

stdogz

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Posted: 12:52:47 PM 4/24/2006

Thanks. :) That's my son hanging out with him. They are the best of friends. It's absolutely adorable....

He's doing very well now. No pukies last night at all. WOO HOO!!!

luvmydoxys

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Posted: 9:25:21 PM 4/24/2006

Just a suggestion - since your dog enjoys eating crazy things, you might want to go to a farm supply store and buy a tube of activated charcoal paste. I always keep it on hand. If you give it to your dog soon after the ingestion of something toxic it will absorb it while you are driving to the vets. In your case though a day later wouldn't have helped. But maybe for future use. I'm glad he's ok!

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