Acepromazine Injectable

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Description

Acepromazine Injectable can be used as an aid in controlling intractable animals during examination, treatment, grooming, x-ray and minor surgical procedures, to alleviate itching as a result of skin irritation, used as an antiemetic to control vomiting associated with motion sickness used in dogs and cats. It is particularly useful as a preanesthetic agent. It is also available in tablet form.

Acepromazine Injectable can be used as an aid in controlling fractious animals during examination, treatment, loading and transportation, particularly useful when used in conjunction with local anesthesia for firing, castration, neurectomy, removal of skin tumors, ocular surgery and applying casts in horses. 

Acepromazine Injectable has a potent neuroleptic agent with a low order of toxicity. It has the particular value in the tranquilization of dogs, cats and horses and rapid action and lack of hypnotic effect are added advantages.

Administration and Dosage

The dosage should be individualized, depending upon the degree of tranquilization required. As a general rule, the dosage requirement in mg/lb of body weight decreases as the weight of the animal increases.

Acepromazine Maleate Injection may be given intravenously, intramuscularly or subcutaneously. The following schedule may be used as a guide to IV, IM or SC injections

Dogs

0.25-0.5 mg/lb of body weight.

Cats

0.5-1 mg/lb of body weight.

Horses

2-4 mg/100 lb of body weight.