[Gpdd] [HEALTH] Sami's health diarrhea

[Ellen Garrison]

Hi Ann!  
Thanks so much for this information.  I did buy Charco caps and gave some to Sami, diluted with water that was diluted with cystopurin (the way you recommend it--it's from PCP Direct, potassium citrate--because I think she still has some urinary tract issue, but I had stopped giving her rimadyl a few days ago.  Along with this treatment, she had some critter be better--that started yesterday, and she seems to be better--it's helping her, and she likes it. She eats on her own a lot too, everything, but I do think she had some bloat/gas and the charco caps helped that a lot. 
Best wishes to all,
Ellen 



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>From: Ann Evans <ann.evans at hintlink.com>
>To: gpdd at gpdd.org; Ellen Garrison <guineamom88 at yahoo.com> 
>Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2013 9:44 AM
>Subject: [HEALTH] Sami's health diarrhea
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>Dear Ellen,
>I do not know the concentration of Imodium = loperamide hydrochloride oral solution, that you are giving Sami. However, you can give 2.0 mg in one dose.  The generic Imodium that I have sates that there
 is 1.0 mg of loperamide hydrochloride  in 5.0 ml. Thus, I could give 10.0 ml of the oral solution at one time. 2.0 mg is the maximum amount that you can give in 24 hours, however you can give it all in one dose. On the other hand you may want to treat the diarrhea with activated charcoal. This can be used as long as you are not giving other medications such as antibiotics or anti-inflammatories. I use activated "charocaps" that I buy at the local pharmacy. Just pour out the contents of one capsule and mix with water or juice and syringe as much as Sami will take. Activated charcoal also absorbs toxins and treats gas and is good to have in your first aid kit in case of accidental poisoning. Charcoal is not absorbed by the gi tract. You can not overdose Sami on it. You can give her several doses/day. You can also buy the tablets and just crush them. It will make her feces black and gritty. Syringe her lots of water to make it go down easy.
>Best of
 health. I am just a CCT trained piggy health advisor with 30 years of experience.
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>Cheers,
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>Ann and the Rescued Piggys of Piggyville, Tampa Florida USA.
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