Benadryl

I have never used the liquid so i realy don't know. Honey is on benadryl because of her MCT surgery bnut I giver pills.Is there anything on the bottle that says something like 1 teaspoon is equal to one 25  tablet?  I hve never looked at a bottle.

I don't have a bottle Sandra ( thanks for answering though ) its just something our vet always suggests rather than pill form.  I figured with all the Benadryl talk around her over the years.....someone uses the liquid. 

 Dyan I presume it is children's Benadryl ( I looked on line and only found liquid for kids)

It says that a teaspoon is 5 ml and that each 5mls has 12.5mg of diphenhydramine which is equal to 1/2 caplet or adult dose which is 25mg

Sorry I didn't see this earlier.  For a DANE that's going to be a heck of a LOT of Benedryl.  The dose is actually 1-2 mg per pound body weight given two to three times per day-- depending on what you're giving it for.  If you're giving it for something like a bee sting you want to use the TWO mg/lb dose.  If you're giving it longer term for something like allergies then the 1 mg per pound

1 teaspoon = 12.5 mg. 

1 teaspoon = 1/2 capsule

1 capsule = 25 mg.

So you're supposed to use 1 mg per pound body weight (you're never going to need to know how many ml's -- use a child's tube spoon but be prepared to give SEVERAL)

So say you have a dog that's 100 pounds.

That's FOUR over the counter capsules (for a 100 pound dog) given three times a day -- that's TWELVE capsules over the course of a day.

 If you're giving it in liquid, that same 100 pound dog needs EIGHT TEASPOONS of Benedryl and then repeat that to give  2-3 times a day. 

3 teaspoons is a tablespoon.  So 8 teaspoons is 2 & 2/3 tablespoons.  (just for a mental frame of reference -- that's a LOT of Benedryl)

STILL TALKING ABOUT A 100 POUND DOG HERE

 1 teaspoon = 5 ml  -- so you're talking about 40 ml of Benedryl for one dose.  or 80 ml for the does for anaphylactic shock (like bee sting).

ML's would be pretty hard to deal with I think.  I'm laughing Dyan. 

However, the reason the vet is telling you to keep the liquid Benedryl on hand is because in an emergency *like a bee sting* the body absorbs it FASTER than the pills.  The children's liquid is basically alcohol and sugar so it absorbs faster into the body.

Your my hero Callie!!!  But I keep saying that.  Thanks to you and Karen.

calliecritturs

so you're talking about 40 ml of Benedryl for one dose.  or 80 ml for the does for anaphylactic shock (like bee sting).

LOL - I think it was Bugsy's mom that said something about having to strap a turkey baster to her bottle of Benedryl for Bugs, when I mentioned that I keep a syringe rubber-banded on the bottle of liquid I have for emergencies.

How BIG of bottles does Benedryl even come in anyway?!?!

How big?  Something like 6 or 8 oz.  Not much.

I need to convert 4 mg into ml. my yorkie has allergies and needs benedryl. he weighs 4.5 lbs. 1 mg per pound. how much is that in ml's. the shringe has ml on it