im so sorry for your loss. you say the little one had wide open eyes and was just stareing? and there body went stiff and then they chucked there head back? well my sasha had a heart attack and did the same thing, but she did cry out when she put her head right back, it sounds to me like a heart attack or a fit as the body goes stiff with some fits.and she was also sick.

Reaction to Shots?
 

Someone mentioned a reaction to shots. My husband actually is afraid that he may have gotten sick, but that the shots made him worse, because of his odd reaction after the second shot, when it seemed to be that he was getting better. He was taken to two different vets that day and was given two different shots by both of them, about 6 hours apart. Here is what kind of shots it says on my vet bill-

First shot- Injection- antiemetic
Second shot- IM inj. #1

We were told by both vets that this was just a shot to get him to stop vomiting and make him feel better, and the second shot the doctor said he was mixing with vitamin B12 or something like that, but not antibiotics. Can someone tell me if he could have had a bad reaction to one or both of these shots? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I'm sorry, I don't have any info on the shots, but I just want to express my heartfelt sympathy for your loss.

Antiemetic justs means an anti-vomiting medication. There are several that could have been administered. Here's a list that shows the mg dosage per kilogram (which is 2.2 pounds). You can't tell which drug and how much was given by your invoice. To further complicate the matter, these are the generic names. For instance Reglan (which is a common one you hear of) is Metoclopramide. See this site for overdose symptoms.

http://a1272.g.akamai.net/7/1272/112...clopramide.pdf

Don't know what the IM in the second injection abbreviation mean. I do think it is possible that an overdose or reaction caused a seizure. Did the 2nd vet know what the first vet had given?

TABLE 04: Antiemetic Drugs


Drug Dosage
Acepromazine 0.025-0.2 mg/kg, IV, IM, SC, maximum 3 mg; 1-3 mg/kg, PO
Chlorpromazine 0.5 mg/kg, IV, IM, SC, tid-qid
Prochlorperazine 0.1 mg/kg, IM, tid-qid; 1 mg/kg, PO, bid
Isopropamide 0.2-1.0 mg/kg, PO, bid
Propantheline 0.25 mg/kg, PO, tid
Dimenhydrinate 4-8 mg/kg, PO, tid
Diphenhydramine 2-4 mg/kg, PO, tid
Cyclizine 4 mg/kg, PO, tid
Meclizine 4 mg/kg, PO, sid
Butorphanol 0.2-0.4 mg/kg, IM, sid-bid
Metoclopramide 0.1-0.5 mg/kg, IM, SC, or PO, tid; 0.01-0.02 mg/kg/hr, IV infusion
Ondansetron 0.1-0.2 mg/kg, PO, sid-bid ; 0.22 mg/kg, IV, bid-tid
Dolasetron 0.6 mg/kg, IV, sid

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looking at that drug chart, I bet IM stands for intravenous method (giving into the bloodstream) the PO bid (twice a day) and tid (3 times a day) means by mouth, SC would probably be injection subscutaneously (under the skin) and IV would mean through an IV. So if you just look at the ones able to be given by IM that narrows down the drugs that were probably used. The first one could also be given SC or IM since all you know is it was an injection.

Shots
 

IM means intramuscular; the shot is given into the muscle of the hip, flank, neck, etc

IV mean intravenous; the needle is inserted into a vein and the medication is injected into the blood-this is the quickest reacting injection site.

Intradermal is a shot injected into the skin layers; this is the slowest method of injecting medications.

Sub-cutaneous is a shot injected below the skin, but not into the muscle.

IA is intra-artericular; directly into an artery.

PO-per oral
BID-2 X day
TID-3 X day
Qd-4 X day, etc
HD-last at night