Please Help. Ridgeback and ACP(acepromazine)

[Audee1213]

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Please Help! Ridgeback and ACP! (acepromazine)
The vet sent me home with acepromazine ACP for my Rhodesian Ridgeback so she would not be so upset to go to her vet appt.

Within 7 min. of giving her the medication she became paralyzed,(unable to move or stand), with her eyes rolling back in head and going to the bathroom on herself.

Now 8 hours later after being observed by the vet all day, she is still out of it, wobbly, her eyes messed up, etc.

I read on the internet that "sighthounds" which Ridgebacks are, should not be given ACP.

This was a heartbreaking terrifying experience for both of us.

SHOULD THE VET HAVE KNOWN BETTER?

I thought it was strange the vet did not charge me for all day observation and care at his office.

Thank you!

 

[pressmom]

None of us on this forum are allowed to answer medical questions. I would recommend getting a copy of your medical records from your veterinarian tomorrow and get a second opinion from a vet unaffiliated with the first one.

I am very sorry for your bad experience. 🙁

 

[Beagingese]

And when you go for the second opinion, please keep in mind that internet sources are internet sources and as such are subject to analysis and scrutiny (and fabrication and falsification and exaggeration). Anyone can post anything on the internet and pass it off as official. Trust the vet- yours or the 2nd opinion.