My dog with IBD is vomiting after new food bag. Is vet's plan right?

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Ghost has inflammatory bowel disease (the vet thinks) with chronic vomiting. Starting last August, 3 to 4 times a week and has slowly gone down to once every few weeks. She needs rare protein so she's on Canidae grain free bison and takes metroclopramide half every pm and a pepcid pm since November. She recently started a new bag of the same food and started vomiting several times a day for the past week. Vet thinks use metro in the pm and switch to prilosec in the am. Does this sound right? Pet's info: Dog | Catahoula Leopard Dog | Female | spayed | 4 years and 4 months old | 45 lbs

Rosemary Barber, DVM · Accepted Answer

I think that sounds fine! There is always a fair bit of trial and error in managing inflammatory bowel disease. Every dog is a little different, and we always strive to get the symptoms under control with what ever combination of meds that work. Omeprazole works to reduce stomach acid, and Metoclopramide works to improve GI motility. Keep talking to your vet, and let them know how the new meds are working. And, if there is any concern about the new food bag, you could always purchase a new bag, in case there is a bad batch. Best of luck!

My dog with IBD is vomiting after new food bag. Is vet's plan right?

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