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My dog ate Vicoprofen. What are the potential effects and what to do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Large (61lb +) | Male | unneutered | 75 lbs

I have a 14 year old husky malamute that ingested 1 vicoprofen it been 2 to 3 hours no sickness what can I do to help him and stop the cause of the effacts

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on April 19th, 2017

The toxic component in vicoprofen is ibuprofen, the formulation of the drug should be 200mg ibuprofen. if he ingested only one, it should not be enough to cause toxicity but i would expect lethargy, sleepiness and maybe vomiting as well.

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