CALMIVET QUESTION

Re: CALMIVET QUESTION

Sal the 1st — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:11:17 GMT

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Does anyone have problems with the bottles leaking once you have used it for a while? Apparently there is some sort of bunge you can put in the top of the bottles to stop them leaking when drawing up an injection, does anyone have any ideas what they may be called?

thanks

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I have used these before - not with something as small as a Calmivet bottle admittedly but I think they should still be small enough?

http://www.millpledge.com/Products_Range/Fluid_Therapy/Infusion_Accessories/Fluid_Therapy_ANISPIKE.html

I used to use them in conjunction with either an anisite or anivalve

hope this helps

Re: CALMIVET QUESTION

Ilovehorses — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:51:43 GMT

We are now back on ACP but when we were using Calmivet we never went over 0.25ml once the dog was over 25kg. And yes the bottles do leak!

Re: CALMIVET QUESTION

sophie james — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 09:08:45 GMT

thanks

Re: CALMIVET QUESTION

Kells x — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:45:41 GMT

Me too please!!! so hard to find the dosage.....

Re: CALMIVET QUESTION

Juliet Drummond DAVN (med) RVN D32/33 — Tue, 24 May 2011 22:19:24 GMT

in a healthy dog i have used up to 1ml of the 2mg/ml dose (0.05mg/kg), but not over that, i tend to taper my dose according to the mentation of the patient, and the opiate used in synergy with it.

e.g. mental 30kg lab in for castration = (acp 2mg/ml) 0.05 mg/kg = 0.75mls, and bup (0.3mg/ml) 0.02mg/kg = 2mls given i/m

but calm 40kg newfie = at above dose should be 1ml, but i would likely give 0.5mls acp with 2.6mls bup i/m

the mental 30kg lab would probably get 0.5mls acp if given with 0.3mg/kg morphine instead of buprenorphine.

the sums above use acp at 2mg/ml, we are also using calmivet at the same dose rate, i work on the same principle as above with it, although one of my vets it starting to think the effect of calmivet may not be as potent as acp?

Re: CALMIVET QUESTION

Ilovehorses — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:42:59 GMT

Thanks, that's how i've done it and then once i've got to 30kg plus it's still 0.25ml. Was actually easier to re-do the charts than i thought and we routinely use 1ml syringes so i think we'll be ok even with the small doses. Just scared about my boss doing his normal huge acp doses!!!

Re: CALMIVET QUESTION

NIckie — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:13:39 GMT

Also forgot to say the dose once worked out at 0.05mg/kg divided by 5 usually comes out at 1% of their body weight. So a 10kg dog would need 0.1ml. 25kg dog would need 0.25ml. This is the calculation we use a its the same as the one we used for ACP (except we divided by 2 as its 2mg/kg) and it works pretty well.

Re: CALMIVET QUESTION

Ilovehorses — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:12:45 GMT

Thanks, have done the maximum dose as 0.25ml xxxx

Re: CALMIVET QUESTION

NIckie — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:07:29 GMT

We tend to find if you go over the 0.25ml dose the patient's take a very long time to come round and a long time to get to standing. We use 0.25ml as our maximum dose and it seems to have worked so far, (fingers crossed!).

Re: CALMIVET QUESTION

Nicola Smith — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:21:39 GMT

If anyone has done the premed charts for calmivet could you email me a copy to save me some time!! Ta!!

Nicky@uknation.co.uk

Re: CALMIVET QUESTION

Nick Shackleton — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:52:45 GMT

Not used the new 5mg/ml acepromazine but when using the old 2mg/ml ace we never gave over 0.5ml, which would be about right for 0.25mls of the new strength.