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Are my dog's prednisone and amoxicillin doses correct after surgery?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Chihuahua | Female | spayed | 4 years and 3 months old | 6 lbs

Lupita had a salivary gland mucocele removed and a dental cleaning yesterday. Today they released her and prescribed 5mg of prednisone once a day and 3cc of Amoxicillin 250mg/5m TWICE a day, she weighs 9lbs - are these doses correct? It seems high and especially being twice a day for a total of 6cc daily. Please let me know.

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Answered By Makenzie Kurth, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on June 20th, 2018

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! My fist recommendation would be to call the vet to double check because amoxicillin has a very broad dose range. This is a little bit higher dose than I usually use but may be exactly what your vet wanted. (I would do about 2 cc’s twice daily for most patients her size.) There is not much harm in higher dosing, other than an increased risk of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea so don’t worry about poisoning Lupita. Twice daily dosing for the amoxicillin is definitely correct as this drug needs to be in the bloodstream for a sustained time to work properly. The prednisone dose is fine. Hope this helps and best of luck to you and Lupita!

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    Answered By Mara Howard, DVM

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    Published on June 20th, 2018

    Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Amoxicillin is a twice a day antibiotic; without knowing the concentration of the liquid, I cannot comment on the dosage, however. If you are concerned, I would check in with her veterinarian in the morning. I hope she recovers well!

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