How fast would it kill my dog if she ate some Tylenol?

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Posted by revalbertkang

Well I came back from work and found that my dog had chewed through a bottle of Tylenol that was never opened before. I counted the remaining pills and found that she had only eaten 2 pills. Would that kill her? My dog is an American Bulldog weighing about 50-60 pounds. She is my baby. Please tell me if it will kill her or not.

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Answer provided by Daddy Albert

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Your American Bulldog will be okay. She should not have headache for a long while... just kidding.

Dogs are not so sensitive to acetaminophen toxicity than cats. For the size of your dog, she may need to consume up to 7 normal 500mg Tylenol tablets to succumb to their toxicity.

However, if you want to be sure, feed it with some active charcoal pills. Those that you buy for your own stomach problem. These charcoal pills will reduce the digestive absorption of Tylenol.

Vitamin C can be given so as to quicken the expeling of the acetaminophen.

From this point, please observe her for side effects. If she is very quiet, dull and having breathing difficulty, drooling a lot and even throwing up, send her to the vet immediately.

Your vet will most probably observe the dog for swelling on the face, mouth areas and also joints of the limbs. Poisoned dog will move in an awkward manner.

The serious symptoms are extreme stomachache, the eyes become yellow because of jaundice caused by liver failure. The gums and the skin will also change to a tinge of yellow. The dog may become sickly and not responding much to you.