Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Golden Retriever | Male | neutered | 85 lbs
My golden retriever who is 85lbs ate one 200 mg of ibuprofen. What should I do?
1 Answer
Published on April 12th, 2019
That one dose should not hurt her but you need to watch out for side effects. Dogs can take ibuprofen but it has a narrow safety margin and has high probability of causing side effects with repeated administration or overdose. The dose is 5-8mg/kg so at the high end of the dose she could have taken 300mg. So, again, that one dose I would not be worried but DO NOT let her get anymore and monitor for side effects. ( https://veterinarypartner.vin.com/default.aspx?pid=19239&id=5276921 )
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