Zinc (Acetate, Sulfate, Gluconate)
別名: Galzin, Zinca-Pak, Various trade names
### Administering Zinc to Your Pet * **Empty Stomach is Best**: Zinc is absorbed best when given on an empty stomach (1 hour before or 2 hours after meals). * **Managing Nausea**: Zinc can be very irritating to the stomach. If your pet vomits after taking the medication, you can hide the capsule contents in a small amount of strong-smelling food, like a meatball of hamburger or a tablespoon of tuna fish (in oil). * **Do Not Mix with Certain Foods**: Avoid giving zinc with dairy products or high-fiber foods, as these can prevent the zinc from being absorbed. ### Important Safety Warnings * **Penny Toxicity**: Keep loose change away from your pets! U.S. pennies minted after 1982 are made almost entirely of zinc. Swallowing even one or two pennies can cause severe, life-threatening anemia in dogs. * **Follow Instructions Carefully**: There is a big difference between "elemental zinc" and "zinc salts" (like zinc sulfate). Always use the exact product and dose your veterinarian prescribed to avoid accidental overdose.
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
- Adjunctive therapy of severe hepatic lipidosis
- Appetite stimulant
- Zinc-responsive dermatoses, copper storage disease
- Adjunctive treatment and prophylaxis of hepatic copper toxicosis
- Adjunctive treatment and prophylaxis of hepatic copper toxicosis
- Adjunctive treatment and prophylaxis of hepatic copper toxicosis
- Adjunctive treatment and prophylaxis of hepatic copper toxicosis
- Hepatic fibrosis
- Hepatic fibrosis
- Zinc-related dermatoses (Rapidly growing dogs)
- Zinc-responsive dermatoses (Siberian huskies, Alaskan malamutes, Great Danes, Doberman pinschers)
- Appetite stimulant
給藥方式
可能的副作用
- Gastrointestinal disturbances (vomiting, nausea, anorexia)
- Hematologic abnormalities (hemolytic anemia, particularly at serum levels >1000 mcg/dL)
- Hypotension (with overdose)
- Jaundice (with overdose)
- Pulmonary edema (with overdose)
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhoea
- Haemolysis (at high doses)
注意事項與禁忌
- Patients with pre-existing copper deficiency
- Patients with copper deficiency
- Zinc supplementation should be carefully considered before administering to patients with copper deficiency. When dosing, do not confuse the concentrations of zinc salts with elemental zinc. Zinc overdoses (e.g., ingestion of U.S. pennies minted after 1982) can be highly toxic and potentially fatal, causing severe hemolytic anemia.
藥物相互作用
- Copper: Large doses of zinc inhibit copper absorption in the intestine; separate supplements by at least 2 hours.
- Fluoroquinolones (e.g., enrofloxacin, ciprofloxacin): Zinc salts may reduce the oral absorption of fluoroquinolones.
- Penicillamine: May potentially inhibit zinc absorption; clinical significance is not clear.
- Tetracyclines: Zinc salts may chelate oral tetracycline and reduce its absorption; separate doses by at least 2 hours.
- Ursodiol: May potentially inhibit zinc absorption; clinical significance is not clear.
- Iron: Long-term administration of zinc may lead to decreased iron stores and functional deficiency
- Ursodeoxycholic acid: May potentially inhibit zinc absorption
- Fluoroquinolones: Zinc salts may reduce the absorption of fluoroquinolone antibiotics
常見問題
Zinc (Acetate, Sulfate, Gluconate)用於寵物有甚麼用途？
### Administering Zinc to Your Pet * **Empty Stomach is Best**: Zinc is absorbed best when given on an empty stomach (1 hour before or 2 hours after meals). * **Managing Nausea**: Zinc can be very irritating to the stomach. If your pet vomits after taking the medication, you can hide the capsule contents in a small amount of strong-smelling food, like a meatball of hamburger or a tablespoon of tuna fish (in oil). * **Do Not Mix with Certain Foods**: Avoid giving zinc with dairy products or high-fiber foods, as these can prevent the zinc from being absorbed. ### Important Safety Warnings * **Penny Toxicity**: Keep loose change away from your pets! U.S. pennies minted after 1982 are made almost entirely of zinc. Swallowing even one or two pennies can cause severe, life-threatening anemia in dogs. * **Follow Instructions Carefully**: There is a big difference between "elemental zinc" and "zinc salts" (like zinc sulfate). Always use the exact product and dose your veterinarian prescribed to avoid accidental overdose.
Zinc (Acetate, Sulfate, Gluconate)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。