Splitting Zantac 75?
Oh, you’re going to love this….They took the dog off 1 med & 1 antibiotic, continued the fluid injections, and gave us a new antibiotic injection pack, and liquid belly-lube maalox-type med, and ZANTAC!Have you SEEN these pills? They’re TINY. And I need to split them into 10 equal parts. So far I’ve gotten a) CRUMBS, and b) SEVEN plus powder.What do YOU suggest?
March 4th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
You could call all your local pharmacists and explain the problem. I'm sure my Pharm would do it, so just keep calling till you get one that will…..Or you could crush your pill and divide it on a glass or mirror into ten parts. You'd have to make sure nobody saw you though……They would think you were cutting coke! lol
March 4th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
That is absurd. A vet should know better than to ask that of a client.The best advice I can gve is this:1) Call vet and complain and ask them to split or prescribe proper medication.2) Have a compounding pharmacy make it in the proper dose. This will cost alot.3) Find an alternativeRANITIDINE or ZANTAC comes in two doses. 75 MG available OTC at your supermarket, and the Prescription 150 MG. There are some specialty doses as well. For example a 25 MG easy dissolve tablet. I am guessing you have the 150mg tablets, so your desired dose is 15 mg. You could take use the OTC 75 and split into quarters, roughly 19 mg each. But it will be far easier to split a tablet into 4 and not 10 parts.On a side note: the crushing and mixing with water is not a good idea. The solution is not soluable in water and will coat your syrninge and you will be giving erratic doses.Another note it is not suggested you split Zantac according to the manufacturer. Some medications are mixed well and contain the active ingriedient equally throughout, Others cannot assure that. Zantac may have different quantities of active drug throughout the tablet. Your best bet to to clarify with yoru vet. It is unprofessional that they would send a client away to split ANY SIZE pill 10 times, much less a small one.
March 4th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Ok, Andi, here's what you do…1) Crush the pill.2) Disolve it in water.3) Divide the water into ten equal parts.4) Use a syrenge to make him drink it.Hope that works!
March 4th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
I suggest that you ask the vet to give the prescription to a compounding pharmacy. I know of one in Birmingham, AL that has done things for me like that. They compound the medicine into the correct dose in a form easy to handle for both you AND the dog.