Antidepressant drug overdoses in dogs - ASPCApro

magnesium absorption. Sodium bicarbonate (2 to 3 mEq/kg slowly intravenously) is recommended if a patient is acidotic or hypotensive or if arrhythmias are present, because maintaining alkalosis (pH>7.5) in experimentally dosed dogs prevented death.4 But don’t administer sodium bicarbonate therapy if you can’t monitor blood gases, ................
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