Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Miniature Poodle | Male | neutered | 1 year and 3 months old | 15 lbs
My vet prescribed 5 mg of omeprazole for Jack. The lowest dose the pharmacy carries is 20mg, so I will quarter the pill. However all the tablets have the ‘delayed release coating’ and instructions say not to break to coating or split the pill. Am I ok to do that to get the 5mg dose? Is it harmful to break the coating and release the whole dose at once? Thank you!
1 Answer
Published on March 24th, 2019
Hello and thank you for reaching out to Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. It is OK to break up the 20mg tablet and give Jack the 5mg. Omeprazole is a very safe drug - it's like Prilosec in people - so this is safe :) I hope this is helpful!
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