Metoclopramide

Anti-Nausea Medication for Dogs and Cats

Metoclopramide helps normalize digestive system function. It treats nausea, vomiting, reflux, and prolonged fullness in cats and dogs, and it may be especially useful treating these symptoms in diabetic pets. It can prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting or that associated with chemotherapy. Metoclopramide is sometimes prescribed for other animals. For example, it helps with hairballs in rabbits.

Benefits of Metoclopramide:

• Promotes healthy digestive function
• Remedies nausea, vomiting, heartburn, esophageal reflux, and extended sensations of fullness
• Prevents nausea and vomiting as a side effect of chemotherapy and surgery
• Treats hairballs in rabbits and other conditions in other species
• Used in diabetic animals
• Available in tablet form and as a palatable caramel flavored sugar-free syrup
• Prescription-strength treatment
• Low-cost generic medication

Metoclopramide is primarily prescribed for cats and dogs, but may be prescribed in other species. Do not use in any animal for which it was not prescribed. Not for use in humans.

Read all package instructions and precautionary statements before use.

The dosing below represents a standard use. Follow the specifications of your veterinarian's prescription.

Directions:

1. Give 0.1 to 0.2 mg Metoclopramide per pound of body weight every 6 to 8 hours.
2. Administer 30 minutes before meals.
3. Provide plenty of fresh water with doses.
4. Give a missed dose as soon as your remember it, unless it is almost time for the next dose. Do not give a double dose of Metoclopramide.

Frequency of Use:

Frequency and duration of treatment varies depending on the condition. Use exactly as prescribed by your veterinarian.

Storage:

Keep out of reach of children and animals.

Store Metoclopramide in its original container, tightly sealed, protected from heat. Protect tablets from moisture. Protect syrup from light.

It is a violation of Federal Law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.

Metoclopramide crosses the blood-brain barrier to stop sensations of nausea and to prevent vomiting. It also regulates and normalizes stomach contractions to keep food and bile moving in the right direction.

Metoclopramide Tablets Active Ingredients (per tablet): metoclopramide 10 mg

Metoclopramide Tablets Inactive Ingredients: Anhydrous lactose, magnesium stearate, povidone, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch glycolate, D&C Yellow #10, and FD&C Blue #1

Metoclopramide Oral Solution Active Ingredients (per mL): metoclopramide 1 mg

Warnings:

Keep Metoclopramide out of reach of children and animals. Do not use or store in or near open flame or heat.

For animal use only. Use Metoclopramide only in an animal for which it was prescribed.

Use as prescribed.

CAUTION: Tell your veterinarian what medical conditions your pet has been diagnosed with. Tell your veterinarian if your pet is pregnant or lactating, or if your pet has recently undergone stomach surgery.

Metoclopramide can interact with other drugs or supplements. Do not administer to pets taking cabergoline, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), or wearing a Preventic flea collar. Consult your veterinarian before administering this medication concurrently with any other drugs or supplements.

Not recommended for use in animals with a history of seizures, bowel obstruction, ulcers, or pheochromocytoma.

If this medication does not improve an animal's symptoms, or if it exacerbates them, consult your veterinarian.

This medication is not FDA-approved for use in animals; however, veterinarians commonly write prescriptions for this medication.

Seek emergency veterinary care for an allergic reaction.

Metoclopramide may cause drowsiness. Other side effects may include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, confusion, edema, and increased urination.

This medication can strengthen the effects of other substances that cause drowsiness.

Contact your veterinarian immediately if your pet experiences uncontrollable movements or spasms, agitation, jitteriness, insomnia, or shortness of breath.

The above symptoms may indicate an overdose. If you know of or suspect an overdose, contact your veterinarian right away.