Paregoric
別名: Camphorated Tincture of Opium
* **Monitor your pet closely:** If diarrhea persists, or if your animal appears listless, overly sedated, or develops a high fever, contact your veterinarian immediately. * **Strict Dosing:** Give this medication exactly as prescribed. Because it contains an opiate, overdosing can cause serious breathing problems and extreme sedation. * **Do not substitute:** Never substitute this medication with other human anti-diarrheal products or other opiate tinctures without explicit veterinary approval.
劑量必須由獸醫按你寵物的個別情況決定。切勿在沒有獸醫指導下給予人類藥物或其他寵物的處方藥。
用途
- Maldigestion, malabsorption, anti-diarrheal
- Antidiarrheal
- Antidiarrheal
- Acute colitis
- Maldigestion; malabsorption; antidiarrheal
- Antidiarrheal
給藥方式
可能的副作用
- Dogs: Constipation, bloat, sedation, paralytic ileus, toxic megacolon, pancreatitis, CNS effects
- Cats: Excitatory behavior (controversial use)
- Horses: Delayed clearance of GI microbes, prolonged febrile state
注意事項與禁忌
- Known hypersensitivity to narcotic analgesics
- Patients receiving monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
- Diarrhea caused by toxic ingestion (until the toxin is eliminated from the GI tract)
- > **Diagnostic Warning:** Opiates may obscure the diagnosis or clinical course of acute abdominal conditions (e.g., colic). * **Hepatic Disease:** Use with extreme caution in patients with hepatic encephalopathy; hepatic coma may result. * **Respiratory Disease:** Use with extreme caution in patients suffering from respiratory disease or acute respiratory dysfunction (e.g., pulmonary edema secondary to smoke inhalation). * **General Cautions:** Use cautiously in patients with hypothyroidism, severe renal insufficiency, adrenocortical insufficiency (Addison's disease), head injuries, increased intracranial pressure, and in geriatric or severely debilitated patients. * **Infectious Diarrhea:** May enhance bacterial proliferation and delay pathogen clearance.
藥物相互作用
- CNS Depressants (anesthetics, antihistamines, phenothiazines, barbiturates, tranquilizers, alcohol): May cause increased CNS or respiratory depression when used concurrently.
- Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs, e.g., amitraz, selegiline): Contraindicated. Opiates should not be used for at least 14 days after receiving MAOIs due to the risk of severe, potentially fatal reactions.
常見問題
Paregoric用於寵物有甚麼用途？
* **Monitor your pet closely:** If diarrhea persists, or if your animal appears listless, overly sedated, or develops a high fever, contact your veterinarian immediately. * **Strict Dosing:** Give this medication exactly as prescribed. Because it contains an opiate, overdosing can cause serious breathing problems and extreme sedation. * **Do not substitute:** Never substitute this medication with other human anti-diarrheal products or other opiate tinctures without explicit veterinary approval.
Paregoric對我的寵物安全嗎？
劑量必須由獸醫按你寵物的個別情況決定。切勿在沒有獸醫指導下給予人類藥物或其他寵物的處方藥。
本文僅供一般健康教育，不能取代專業獸醫意見。如寵物身體不適，請諮詢獸醫。