Is there a medicine to cure the effects of Acepromazine?

chinluver · 11-09-2005, 08:08 PM

Hello,
My mom took our 12 year old Akita, Molly, to the vet to get spayed today. I know she is old for surgery and everything, but she had some infection she was likely to die from if we didn't take the risk of spaying her...

I'm trying to make this quick... My mom told the vet not to give her Acepromazine as her friend almost lost her dog to it, but yet the vet did, and then after he told her he did and switched around her words trying to make it sound like she said it was okay...

Molly is doing okay... She's just laying down not moving too much. We keep making sure she's getting a lot of fluids...

My mom believe theres some recipe or something you can give her to help cure her from the effects of Acepromazine. I did many searches trying to find it and can't find anything other than why you shouldn't let your vet use acepromazine...

If any of you know it or know of a website I can go to that would be great.

Thanks,
Corina

Banshee · 11-09-2005, 09:43 PM

Stupid vet! I hope Molly will be okay! The only thing I found was a couple of drugs that will treat hypotension caused by the acepromazine. I don't think that's of any help to you, but here it is:

Quote:

Phenylephrine and norepinephrine are the drugs of choice to treat acepromazine-induced hypotension. Barbiturates, or diazepam may be used for the treatment of seizures associated with overdose.

at http://www.wedgewoodpharmacy.com/mon...ineMaleate.asp

I'm sorry I can't help

chinluver · 11-12-2005, 08:23 PM

Thank you for doing what you can.
Molly is doing wonderful and recovering beautifully.

Thank you again,
Corina

maryjane238 · 11-14-2005, 12:49 PM

I'm confused. Why did you not want the vet to give Ace? He definitely shouldn't have given it if you asked him not to, I was just wondering what your reasoning was. As far as your dog being out of it, that's very normal. She just had major surgery. I assume she was a pyometra? That is a nasty infection and she probably wasn't feeling too well to begin with. Then, at a very old age, she had to go through a spay surgery...she's gonna feel kinda crappy. Hopefully, she will be back to normal in a few days but I doubt that her lethargy has much if anything to do with her receiving Ace. I definitely would not change her diet right now. She probably won't feel like eating (and shouldn't be offered anything to eat) until the day after surgery. Then she should either be given her normal diet or a something very bland like white rice and boiled chicken or hamburger. I hope your baby is feeling better and please remember to SPAY early to prevent this! =)

maryjane238 · 11-14-2005, 12:50 PM

Sorry, also meant to say that Ace is a very common and very safe drug except in certain breeds (boxers for example). Are Akitas also prone to bad reactions from Ace? I've never heard of this.

chinluver · 11-14-2005, 03:47 PM

We didn't want ace given because my mom's friend almost lost her Akita to ace. She did have pyometra... She is completly back to normal and doing wonderfully.

We gave her her normal diet along with white rice.

Banshee · 11-14-2005, 09:39 PM

Apparently it's not recommended for use on elderly dogs, and also lowers the seizure threshold. So a vet should be familiar with the dog's medical history before administering it. I hadn't known any of that until I saw your post and googled it - it's very interesting.

I'm so glad to hear that Molly is making a full recovery