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Efficacy Of Intravenous Administration Of Combined Acid Suppressants In Healthy Dogs, M Tolbert, Adesola Odunayo, R Howell, E Peters, Ann Reed
Efficacy Of Intravenous Administration Of Combined Acid Suppressants In Healthy Dogs, M Tolbert, Adesola Odunayo, R Howell, E Peters, Ann Reed
M Katherine Tolbert DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Background Short-term intravenous co-administration of famotidine and pantoprazole is used by some veterinarians to treat gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill dogs. However, clinical studies have not evaluated the efficacy of combination acid suppressant treatment in dogs.
Hypothesis/Objectives To compare the effect of intravenous co-administration of famotidine and pantoprazole to monotherapy with pantoprazole on intragastric pH in dogs. We hypothesized that single agent pantoprazole would be more effective than combination with famotidine.
Animals Twelve healthy adult colony dogs.
Methods Randomized, 2-way crossover design. All dogs received placebo (0.9% saline) for 24 hours followed by 1.0 mg/kg IV q12h pantoprazole or combination …