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My dog ate a honey menthol cough drop. Will the sugar hurt her?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | 3 months and 11 days old | 15 lbs

My dog just ate a pure liquid honey menthol cough suppressant cough drop it has sugar glucose honey menthol eucalyptus oil licorice vitamin c and vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 she is 15 lb puppy she's very active right now I'm not seeing any signs of her having any issues that would lead me to believe she is having issues... Now.. I'm worried about the sugar... It just says sugar.. she is a lab mix.

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Answered By Tomasz Wnuk

Veterinarian

Published on November 12th, 2021

Hello and thank you for contacting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Fortunately, there are no toxic ingredients for dogs in this product. Ingestion of large amount of sugar may produce vomiting and transient diarrhea but Kahlua should not develop any more serious symptoms. Please, offer your puppy small amounts of water every 30-60 minutes and monitor her closely at home. If she does develop diarrhea and profuse vomiting, you may have to take her to your local vets to get symptomatic treatment.

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