No need to feel insulted or anything, I'm not tryingto silence you. Just wanted to raise the possibility that giving prescription medicine to your pup is a bad idea unless the treatment has been...well...prescribed!
If that's what you meant, then please take no offense.
The main reason that a good qualified medical opinion is called for is that a chronic cough can be casued by lots of different things, each responds to a different treatment. By trying detailed medical treatments using prescription medicines without knowing the true cause of the cough, you could further hurt your pup. In this specific thread, the OP reported that their dog has been diagnosed with CT (Collapsed Trachea). I would not subject such a dog to bronchial dialators in a contained environment designed for concentrated delivery of such drugs without first knowing the extent, degree, and nature of the collapsed sections of the pup's throat.
The risks involved include:
Additional collapse events due to stress.
Possible overdose. Different dogs have different wieghts and varied abillity to obsorb drugs. Overdose with this drug is pretty easy. Here's what an overdose will do:
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In case of overdose, call your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. If the victim has collapsed or is not breathing, call local emergency services at 911.
Symptoms of overdose may include:
* seizures
* chest pain
* rapid heartbeat
* irregular heartbeat
* nervousness
* headache
* tremor
* dry mouth
* upset stomach
* dizziness
* excessive tiredness
* lack of energy
* difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
* seizures
* chest pain
* rapid heartbeat
* irregular heartbeat
* nervousness
* headache
* tremor
* dry mouth
* upset stomach
* dizziness
* excessive tiredness
* lack of energy
* difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
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In small dogs, overdose will cause a heart attack rather easily and use of this drug is quite risky. Your vet held out for this treatment until the very end for that reason.
Eye, nose and throat irritation leading to additional collapse events
Etc...
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Blondy if you live in New York, I can give you my nebulizer machine to borrow and I even have few vials of Albuterol left I can give you.
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You are welcome to post any advice you like and by all means please share your story of treating your pups cough successfully! But please don't give away prescription medicines to people, or recomend them for relief of a cough caused by chronic infection to a dog diagnosed with cough due to CT.