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mzzy · 02-26-2007, 06:08 AM

From the day we got Missy, she had this horrible cough... after reading all the info on the site, I thought it was just the reverse sneeze... but on Saturday we went to the vet for her 3rd set of puppy shots and told him about the coughing... he said it was the kennel cough... Is that the same as the canine cough? Anyway, he gave us a cough suppressant (sp ch) and an antibiotic. So now I've been trying to find all this info on the meds he gave us.

First of all the cough suppresant we have is called hydrocodan (not coden it's really with an "a") which is red in colour and cherry flavored. We have to give that to Missy 3 times a day for 10 days. Marcerella - this makes me wonder whether you have a cough suppresant, or antibiotics... i guess there could be different ones out there.

Second med is the antibiotic and it's white, banana flavored and needs to be given ever 12 hours.

The vet said that the meds will make her drowsy... OMG was that ever an understatement!! She's completely KNOCKED OUT!!!! we lift her up and she just lays right back down... for a second, i had her sleeping on my tummy with me, and i had to check for breathing cuz she just seemed so lifeless... we experimented a bit yesterday and realized that it's the antibiotic that's knocking her out, and not the cough suppresant. We gave her the antibiotics with the cough suppressant on sunday at 6am and 6pm she totally knocked out...then just the cough suppressant at around 11 pm and she was pretty active still, so we figure it's the antibiotic... but either way, her cough is almost gone, sleepless nights are gone, but now it sounds like she has the hiccups sometimes... I'll be asking the vet about that in 2 weeks since he didn't want to give her the puppy shot until this cough cleared up... BTW, vet said that we got Missy when she was at the tail end of the cough... and since it's been a while, she needs the antibiotics.

Sorry for the long post!!!

Marcerella, does your little one pass out after you give the meds?

02-26-2007, 06:08 AM	#34
mzzy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 127	From the day we got Missy, she had this horrible cough... after reading all the info on the site, I thought it was just the reverse sneeze... but on Saturday we went to the vet for her 3rd set of puppy shots and told him about the coughing... he said it was the kennel cough... Is that the same as the canine cough? Anyway, he gave us a cough suppressant (sp ch) and an antibiotic. So now I've been trying to find all this info on the meds he gave us. First of all the cough suppresant we have is called hydrocodan (not coden it's really with an "a") which is red in colour and cherry flavored. We have to give that to Missy 3 times a day for 10 days. Marcerella - this makes me wonder whether you have a cough suppresant, or antibiotics... i guess there could be different ones out there. Second med is the antibiotic and it's white, banana flavored and needs to be given ever 12 hours. The vet said that the meds will make her drowsy... OMG was that ever an understatement!! She's completely KNOCKED OUT!!!! we lift her up and she just lays right back down... for a second, i had her sleeping on my tummy with me, and i had to check for breathing cuz she just seemed so lifeless... we experimented a bit yesterday and realized that it's the antibiotic that's knocking her out, and not the cough suppresant. We gave her the antibiotics with the cough suppressant on sunday at 6am and 6pm she totally knocked out...then just the cough suppressant at around 11 pm and she was pretty active still, so we figure it's the antibiotic... but either way, her cough is almost gone, sleepless nights are gone, but now it sounds like she has the hiccups sometimes... I'll be asking the vet about that in 2 weeks since he didn't want to give her the puppy shot until this cough cleared up... BTW, vet said that we got Missy when she was at the tail end of the cough... and since it's been a while, she needs the antibiotics. Sorry for the long post!!! Marcerella, does your little one pass out after you give the meds? __________________ My Missy Last edited by mzzy; 02-26-2007 at 06:13 AM.