Need Hycodan - Can't Get It Anywhere?
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My dog needs this medicine every day due to a collapsing trachia. I have been told that it's not being produced anymore. Does anyone know where I can get it???
Thanks!

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Re: susan (# 7)

Hydrocodone is a controlled substance (opiod). Are you for real pretending not to realize this?

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I am unable yo get it at Walgreens OR CVS in prominent St Louis, MO!
Im looking at outlying pharmacies now. It is also for my dog wirh collaosing trachea!

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Re: polley (# 1)

I am unable yo get it at Walgreens OR CVS in prominent St Louis, MO!
Im looking at outlying pharmacies now. It is also for my dog wirh collaosing trachea!

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Thanks. Torbutol is a partial opioid antagonist called butorphanol or brand name Stadol. What I read about it says it has powerful antitussive properties (alleviates cough)
Unfortunately, my dog has a heart problem. His mitral valve is failing so his right atrium has enlarged and is pushing on his trachea activating his cough reflex. He also has an arrhythmia and his heart isn't pumping efficiently so pressure backs up in the pulmonary system causing fluid to build up in his lungs. The hycodan has hydrocodone to help control the cough reflex and also homatropine, an anticholinergic that helps stop the fluid secretions in his lungs that also cause his cough. I don't think the Stadol will accomplish the same thing. He is on 5 medications to control his heart condition. After a few days on the meds, his cough stopped completely. It was only after I ran out and couldn't find anymore hycodan that his cough returned. I found a pharmacy that carries a hydrocodone/homotropine syrup and his cough is disappearing again. I'm familiar with butorphanol (torbutol) and may mention it to the vet, but the hycodan has been so effective and hydrocodone is a pretty safe medication that I don't want to upset the apple cart. I just want my boy comfortable as his heart valve cannot be repaired. Hopefully I've gained 9 months to a year or two with him and will give him what he needs to be comfortable until the condition gets too bad and makes him suffer. I already dropped over $1200 to take him to see a doggie cardiologist and internal medicine specialist. I would think they know which medications are best for his condition. Thank you though. I may try it if they say it would be effective

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PLEASE SEE MY REPLY TO THIS ON NOV. 10TH!!! There you will have all the info you need. It doesn't get any easier than this and Torbutol is TEN times BETTER than the Hycodan with the Hydrocodone in it for COUGH. IF this is what you're trying to treat, then BELIEVE ME PLEASE and give the Torbutol a try. It cough stops immediately. Your vet just needs to call in the dosage info to the pharmacy I've given the info to in my previous post. It's called Roadrunner Pharmacy and it's in Arizona I think if my mind isn't playing with me! Lol. They are awesome and they even send your baby a little stuffed toy each time you fill something from them.. They specialize in compounding meds for animals and are very good. They can even overnight it to you if you need it really bad right now and in the future you just need to call in a refill at least a week ahead of time to get it on time. Make sure the vet puts several refills on it too BTW!!! So as not to have to go thru all this every month! It's easy as pie the medicine works so much better for this type of cough in dogs than the Hycodan stuff everyone is trying to get and or risking their dogs life giving them medications for humans without knowing the correct dosage etc etc etc. It's sooooooo easy! PLEASE INFORM YOUR VETS ABOUT THIS.... although I honestly can't imagine any vet NOT knowing about this? I hope many will see this second post about this??!!

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Depends what it is for. Its an opioid pain reliever but may be compounded with homatropine, an anticholinergic that helps with a cough.
I don't see why oxycodone wouldn't work for pain. Most pharmacies carry hydrocodone but it is mixed with acetaminophen (tylenol) which is bad for dogs (brand name vicodin) That's why vets use the homatropine mix and its rare that pharmacies carry it.
There are many options for pain so it really depends on the condition you are treating.

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I was able to find a medication that came in a good sized capsule. I pulled the capsule open, dumped out the med that was in it, wiped it out with q-tip and filled the capsule with as much syrup as I could. I put the capsule back together and was able to get my boy to take the capsule with food. It took 3 of them to make a dose but it worked. Don't spill any syrup on the outside or your dog will smell it. Also, the capsule will start dissolving pretty quickly in contact with a liquid syrup, so you have only five or ten minutes to get it in your dog's tummy before it leaks.
Some vitamin pills come in decent size capsules, so that's a good place to look.

Also, there is a pet hospital chain called Blue Pearl. If you are near one if them, they have no problem getting Huffman for canines.

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There is a medicine called Torbutol. It's much better than the Hycodan for a cough in dogs. However your vet will need to call to have it compounded. There are many pharmacies that do compounding, they'll just need to find one. There is one that mails it to you that my vet uses. It's called Roadrunner Pharmacy. This is the phone number. 1-877-518-4589. Your vet can contact them and ask one of the pharmacists what they need exactly and they'll give them all the info. My dog takes it and it works beautifully. However a word of warning and PLEASE take this VERY serious. On the first dose PLEASE only give about HALF of the amount prescribed just in case. I think it is quite strong and if the dog isn't used to it, which obv it's not, it can REALLY do a number on the poor baby. I thought I had killed my dog the first time! I gave the amount ordered and he was out in space somewhere. His eyes were glazed looking and fixed. His breathing was fast and very shallow.. Oh I was hysterical I was sooooooo scared. I just started trying to rustle him up, rubbing on him and shaking him, calling him etc etc and he came out of it. So I'm just telling you this as a "just in case" and not to scare you as the medicine works wonderful. I'm just saying to START LOW ON DOSAGE AND ADJUST FROM THERE!!! To this day in fact, I STILL DO NOT give my dog the dose ordered which is .25ml. All I give him is from .10 to .15ml and it works great. So no need to give so much if you don't have to. BTW, my dog weighs 10lbs. Well I hope this will help many many people out there dealing with this very problem. Good luck.

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We have a pom with a collapsing trachea also. We are having a terrible time finding the hydrocodone homatropine. Believe me, we have called walgreens, walmart, cvs. Our vet isn't able to get it. We found a cvs in Merrillville, IN that almost had the amount we needed and they gave us all they had. We took him to Purdue Lafayette Vet which is very specialized. They said he is not a good candidate for the surgery because he is diabetic, overweight and 9 years old. To us that is not old. We have tried for years to help him lose weight, walks, lowfat food and treats. We have 3 other dogs who are not over weight . Anyway, we are having a terrible time finding the med. I will try costco, I pray they have it. Thank you all. It helps to see others trying to find answers also.

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No you can't. I just tried. That's as detailed as it needs to be.

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I just put my dog on it and I got it from my vet here in BC Canada.

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We also have a pom that was taken off his med because of the backorder and possible discontinuation of the med. No one has it here but I never thought of Wal mart. I will try them asap. We are using benadryl with little effect. Our guy is 14 and is so bad he can't eat sometimes. Amazing how blas'e the vet has been. I get so mad !

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Wal greens carries the medcine

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YES. This was where our vet was able to have my babies Torbutol compounded. They were very good about it and even sent him a little stuffed toy in the shape of a big capsule!! They were very nice and helpful.

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No this is NOT true. Your vet can call any compounding pharmacy and have them compound something called Torbutol that is also used for cough in dogs. This is what my vet did. However here in Florida, it was actually the Torbutol we weren't able to get, and why she had to just have it actually compounded for my dog. We were able to get the Hydrocodone down here, but it just didn't work as well for my dog. Best of luck to you and your baby!!

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Costco carries it. I had a difficult time in the beginning and just found one Publix (not in my area) that had some left but was not going to reorder. Finally, I found out that Costco carries it. It's a pain because they are at least 20 minutes away and the parking lot is always crazy. Also, my vet cannot call it in. I have to pick up a new script each time and then go to Costo and then wait at least 45 mins to an hour to have it filled. But my baby is worth it!!

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Adam,
NO.... It's you that isn't aware that these meds ARE NOT just "people meds" as you put it?? This medication is given frequently to dogs with coughs of various nature. In fact, what you refer to as "people meds" is nothing of the sort. My dog has a hurt back and has taken Neurontin, Robaxin, Prednisone and now was prescribed THIS medicine!! And YES IT IS a narcotic and though you are fully correct in saying this, I'm not understanding what one thing has to do with the other?? Narcotics are OFTEN given to animals who are in a great deal of pain, just as they are given to us. Guess you weren't aware of this?? I had A Great Dane yrs ago that hurt her back really bad and was in excruciating pain and she was actually put on Morphine patches for a period of time and it worked great until her back had a chance to heal. There's no such thing as medicine for "people only", as there are many many meds that we can also give our beloved fur and feathered kids!!

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If I can't get hydrocodone for my dog my, Vet says there is nothing else to give her.
Is this true?

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My vet does carry both the liquid and the pill forms of the hydrocodone/homatropine (aka Hycodan, Tussigon etc) but charges an arm & a leg for it and my baby needs it several times a day. Any assistance for a pharmacy would be greatly appreciated. (Foster & Smith don't carry it & that's where I usually get their meds). Thank you. Blessings.

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We just had an Rx for Hycodan filled by our vet. The staff told us that the regulators have eased up on vets and they can now fill it directly. Also, check for generic--Hycodan is essentially hydrocodone, also known as Vicodan and other trade names.

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