Loperamide intoxication in a seven-week-old pup

Vet Hum Toxicol. 1994 Oct;36(5):451.

Abstract

A 7-w-old Samoyed-cross pup was presented with central nervous system signs approximately 18 h following administration of the second of 2 doses of loperamide. Circling, vocalization, head pressing and unreactive pupils were present. There was no history of trauma. Improvement was seen shortly following administration of activated charcoal and 0.2 ml naloxone. Naloxone treatment was repeated at 2-h intervals over 12-h. Approximately 20 h following the initial clinical evaluation, the puppy was released to the owner for home care and observation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Cerebellum / drug effects
  • Cerebellum / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / drug effects
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology
  • Charcoal / therapeutic use
  • Diarrhea / drug therapy
  • Diarrhea / veterinary
  • Dog Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Dog Diseases / drug therapy
  • Dogs
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Overdose / veterinary
  • Loperamide / poisoning*
  • Loperamide / therapeutic use
  • Poisoning / drug therapy
  • Poisoning / veterinary

Substances

  • Charcoal
  • Loperamide