The usual dosage of cerenia as it applies to motion sickness is 3 6 mg for every pound your dog weighs to be given once a day whereas for the treatment of acute vomiting 0 9 mg per pound body weight once a day is more common.
Cerenia for dogs dosage chart.
Safe use has not been evaluated in cats and dogs with gastrointestinal obstruction or those that have ingested toxins.
Dogs who received three times the travel sickness dose for long periods of time did not experience serious adverse effects however when doses of 40 mg kg 18 2 mg lb to 50 mg kg 22 7.
Use cerenia tablets for acute vomiting in dogs 2 months and older and for prevention of vomiting due to motion sickness in dogs 4 months and older.
There were 8 dogs 4 males and 4 females in the 2 mg kg group and 16 dogs 8 males and 8 females in all other groups.
Nausea and vomiting are two of the worst symptoms to go through especially for dogs considering they can t tell you how horrible they feel.
Use with caution in cats and dogs with hepatic dysfunction.
Dogs may have experienced more than one of the observed adverse reactions.
Cerenia is sold in four different formulations with different size tablets ranging from 16 mg to 160 mg.
Fifty six beagle dogs 28 males and 28 females approximately 16 weeks of age were administered cerenia tablets orally once daily for 15 days at 0 2 6 and 10 mg kg.