My 4lb kitten ate a 10mg Valium!! I need help!! She is having trouble using her back legs but is neurologically intact... her pupils are equal and reactive, her respirations and heart rate are normal... I cannot afford emergency vet treatment unless it is a life threatening emergency... please help!!!
Veteran Advisor Angela Spar says:
February 16th, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Your cat ate about 5 times the therapeutic dose! I see your question was posted a few hours ago, so I am hoping she is either sleeping quietly and OK or you have taken her to your vet if she is having difficulty.
The following is the info from plumbs veterinary drug handbook about overdosage of diazepam..........
"When administered alone, diazepam overdoses are generally limited to significant CNS depression (confusion, coma, decreased reflexes, etc). Hypotension, respiratory depression, and cardiac arrest have been reported in human patients, but apparently are quite rare."
The normal way we would treat these cases are to make them vomit if they ingested it within an hour ( we are too late at this point!) and support them through this with iv fluids if their blood pressure drops too low, and respiratory support if their breathing isn't good. There is an antidote but I have never seen it carried in a veterinary practice ( Vastly expensive and rarely used) Sometimes we will give charcoal and a special medication to decrease absorption from their intestines and speed the excretion of it.
If she is showing any severe difficulty your vet should see her
User suggests:
July 29th, 2009 at 09:54 AM
Why the hell was the tablet left lying around .... are these people totally stupid? Find it incredible that any animal would eat the tablet willingly ... I have to fight tooth & nail to get medication down my pets, in 40 years of owning animals I haven't come across one that just eats a pill!!
Ben suggests:
August 09th, 2009 at 08:09 PM
poor kitty..hope Fluffy is snoozzin' well!!..:)
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