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Sully is a Mastiff that weighs nearly 185lbs, he lives with Alexandra Jackson in Nova Scotia, Canada, and survived a live threatening ordeal when he swallowed a big amount of a heart condition tretatmnet drug coalled Amlodipine, that is part of Ms. Jackson prescription medicines, a three day story whoch had a happy ending righ on time for Valentine´s Day
She and her husband had been out to dinner, when she went into her bedroom, she saw white powder all over the bed, Sully had ripped open the bag containing her unopened blood pressure medication and chewed open the bottle
She collected all of the uneaten pills, and there were 30 missing – a month’s supply. She assumed the bag must have looked like a snack to Sully
Jackson knew immediately that amount of medication could be dangerous, and he needed to go to the hospital. Her husband called Maritime Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Centre in Dartmouth to let them know they were bringing Sully in for treatment.
Because the ingestion involved a potential toxin, the hospital had Jackson call Pet Poison Helpline next so they could start working on a treatment plan.
» After three days in the hospital, Sully was able to return home. «It was a very expensive lesson (approximately 8,000 Canadian dollars)»
«Sully had ingested a medication used in animals and humans for hypertension and arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat) called amlodipine, and the amount he ingested was a life-threatening dose for his size,» said Dr. Renee Schmid, a senior veterinary toxicologist and director of Veterinary Medicine at Pet Poison Helpline.
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