Drug | Dosage | Condition |
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Allopurinol | 10–50 mg/kg/day, PO | Gout, reduces uric acid production |
Aluminium hydroxide | 100 mg/kg, PO, every 12–24 hours | Reduces phosphorus absorption and may lower blood phosphorus levels |
Aminophylline | 2–4 mg/kg, IM | Respiratory disease when bronchodilation required |
Arginine vasotocin | 0.01–1 mcg/kg | Egg binding (more potent than oxytocin) |
Calcitonin | 1.5 units/kg, SC, three times daily 50 units/kg, IM, repeat every 1–2 weeks for 3 treatments | Hypercalcemia, fluid therapy also recommended Secondary hyperparathyroidism. Do not give unless normocalcemic. |
Calcium gluconate (10 mg/mL) Calcium carbonate | 100 mg/kg, IM, every 6 hours, or 400 mg/kg, IV, intraosseous, given over 24 hours PO as needed | Hypocalcemia in iguanas; high phosphorus concentration may cause soft-tissue mineralization |
Cimetidine | 4 mg/kg, PO, 2–3 times daily | Regurgitation, vomiting, gastritis, GI ulceration |
Cisapride | 0.5–2 mg/kg/day, PO | GI motility modification; not recommended to use with clarithromycin in tortoises |
Dexamethasone | 0.3–1.5 mg/kg, IM, IV, intraosseous | Inflammation, shock, beware of immunosuppression, rarely indicated |
Dinoprost (prostaglandin) | 0.5 mg/kg, IM or per cloaca, as a single dose | Nonobstructive dystocia, typically used in combination with oxytocin or vasotocin |
Ketoprofen | 2 mg/kg, SC, IM, every 1–2 days | Inflammation, pain |
Furosemide | 2–5 mg/kg, IM, IV, once to twice daily | Diuresis (effective despite lack of loop of Henle in reptiles) |
Iodine | 2–4 mg/kg, PO, every 7 days | Prophylaxis for goitrogenic diets |
Iron | 12 mg/kg, IM, every 7 days (alligators) | Anemia in alligators |
Metoclopramide | 1-10 mg/kg/day, PO, for 7 days | Unproven efficacy |
Prednisolone | 1–5 mg/kg, PO | Anti-inflammatory, reduction of nephrocalcinosis, beware of immunosuppression, rarely indicated |
Selenium | 0.028 mg/kg, IM | Deficiency in lizards |
Sucralfate | 500–1000 mg/kg, PO, 1-3 times daily | Gastric irritation/ulceration |
Thiamine | 50–100 mg/kg, IM | Thiamine deficiency |
Vitamin A | 5,000 units/kg, PO, every 7 days | Hypovitaminosis A (iatrogenic hypervitaminosis A may result from repeated treatment) |