Discard unused product within 6 months of first broaching the vial. For parenteral use by intramuscular or intravenous injection in dogs and intramuscular injection in cats.
To get an equal effect, the higher recommended doses per kg body weight have to be used in small dogs compared to large dogs.
Maximal effect is obtained within 10 to 15 minutes. Duration of the clinically useful effect is dose related – 30 to 120 minutes (sedation), 30 to 150 minutes (analgesia). The dose can be repeated if necessary. The duration of analgesia is generally shorter than the duration of sedation. Both analgesic effect and sedative effect are reversed with the use of atipamezole injection.