Product Description:
This is an injectable product containing doxapram hydrochloride.Indications for Use: This product can be used for emergency treatment in an animal born not breathing following a Cesarean section or difficult birth.
Not approved for use in sheep and goats. Refer to extra-label drug use.
Dosage and Administration: Give a one time injection of 1 mL (5-10 mg/kg) intravenously (IV), under the tongue, or as a last resort, subcutaneously (SQ) in a newborn. The umbilical vein is also an option for injection. Each mL contains 20 mg of doxapram hydrochloride
Precautions and Side Effects: A single dose is all that should be used since hyperventilation can occur with overdose.
Storage: Store at room temperature.
Meat Withholding: Not established
Drug Type: Rx
Manufacturer: Fort Dodge