Friday, December 5, 2008

Medication Regimen

It's safe to say that Tobi has more medication than most dogs. On a regular basis, we at least give her glucosamine for her joints, eye drops for her eyes, and we just recently started using baby powder to help dry out her folds. But with all the stuff this vet prescribed, her regimen is positively ridiculous:

Gentamicin Ointment - Right Eye, 4 times a day
Cephalexin Capsules - 2 times a day
Chlor 1%dex/ 0.1% oint - Left Eye only, 3 times a day
Optimune - Both Eyes, once a day
Predisone Pills - Once a day for 5 days
Atropine Sulfate - Right Eye only, once a day for 3 days, then every other day
Ofloxacin - Right Eye only, 6 times a day for 2 days, then 4 times a day


Tobi's Medication
The stuff on the left we had already, and use as needed. The stuff on the right is what she came home with.

It's complicated enough that with us both in and out of the house, we need to have a schedule on the fridge of when to give her all her stuff, so that she gets everything she needs at the right time during the day. For example, this morning I woke up, gave her two types of eyedrops in her right eye, 5 minutes apart, one drop in her left eye, and a pill. Then I was off to work. Before Jessica left for work, she gave Tobi another pill, and two more types of eyedrops. Then I came back home for lunch to give her another eyedrop, and then again at break to give her two more. Now we're both home for the evening, as I'm writing this, and I just gave her two more eyedrops and a pill. She'll get another eyedrop right before bed, and then start over again in the morning.

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