N-acetylcysteine treatment is efficacious in dogs when administered within two hours of toxic paracetamol ingestion

Paracetamol has been reported to be as effective as aspirin in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain in dogs.

• Maddison JE, Page SW, Church D (2002). Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 260–1. ISBN 978-0702025730.

The main effect of toxicity in dogs is liver damage, and GI ulceration has been reported.

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N-acetylcysteine treatment is efficacious in dogs when administered within two hours of paracetamol ingestion.

• Richardson JA (2000). “Management of acetaminophen and ibuprofen toxicoses in dogs and cats” (PDF). Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. 10 (4): 285–91. doi:10.1111/j.1476-4431.2000.tb00013.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2010.
• Maddison JE, Page SW, Church D (2002). Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 260–1. ISBN 978-0702025730.