Kingsbrook Animal Hospital's Blog: New Motion Sickness Drug for Dogs

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

New Motion Sickness Drug for Dogs


CERENIA™ (maropitant citrate)

Get ready to travel--for the first time, there is a medicine that prevents vomiting due to motion sickness in dogs!

Introducing once-daily CERENIA Tablets—developed just for dogs
 The first FDA-approved medicine that prevents motion sickness in dogs
 Safe and effective
 Recommended for dogs 16 weeks of age and older
 Available by prescription from your veterinarian

If you want to take your dog along on trips, vacations…sometimes just to visit friends nearby—but can't because your canine companion gets sick when he travels, then read on. Now there's CERENIA, a new medicine that prevents vomiting caused by motion sickness.

Motion sickness is very common. Pfizer Animal Health talked to many dog owners and found that about 1 in 6 dogs gets sick from traveling. That's 17% of all dogs!

CERENIA was developed just for dogs. It is a safe and effective medicine that prevents vomiting caused by motion sickness, and it works very well — a success rate of up to 93%!

For additional questions about CERENIA or your dog's health, be sure to talk to your veterinarian.