Several internet "emergency care" pages and my two dog medical books
recommend that I have "Activated Charcoal tablets, 5-grams" in my
emergency medical kit. I have searched the web for that item without
success.

Any suggestions where these tablets might be obtained?

Thanks,

4thought

In article .com "4thought" writes:
Several internet "emergency care" pages and my two dog medical books
recommend that I have "Activated Charcoal tablets, 5-grams" in my
emergency medical kit. I have searched the web for that item without
success.

Any suggestions where these tablets might be obtained?

Thanks,

4thought


Swansons sells them:

http://tinyurl.com/5qktv


--Marshall

Thanks. I see that they sell the 280 Mg size for human consumption as
do many other health food stores and they seem to have a relatively
good price.

But is it the same as the Activated Charcoal tablets (other than the
obvious fact that the size is quite different), recommended for
poisoning problems?

One specific brand name recommended by several dog health sites is
"Toxiban" which, in the liquid form, contains Kaolin. Apparently not
available in tablet form.

Still looking.

The vet or even a pharmacist could tell you for sure if this is the same
thing.

Celeste

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Thanks. I see that they sell the 280 Mg size for human consumption as
do many other health food stores and they seem to have a relatively
good price.

But is it the same as the Activated Charcoal tablets (other than the
obvious fact that the size is quite different), recommended for
poisoning problems?

One specific brand name recommended by several dog health sites is
"Toxiban" which, in the liquid form, contains Kaolin. Apparently not
available in tablet form.

Still looking.

In article .com "4thought" writes:
Thanks. I see that they sell the 280 Mg size for human consumption as
do many other health food stores and they seem to have a relatively
good price.

But is it the same as the Activated Charcoal tablets (other than the
obvious fact that the size is quite different), recommended for
poisoning problems?

The term "activated charcoal" is generic. But Swansons is taking
no changes and is not recommending it for poison control!

Take a look at this:

http://www.luhs.org/depts/emsc/poison.htm

Look at this:

http://health.yahoo.com/drug/202120/overview


It looks like you need to put the powder form in solution
before administering it.

You can use google to find activated charcoal that meets
USP standards. Here is one URL I found:

http://www.brandsdirect-llc.com/CharcoCaps.htm

Last week, I was informed that a puppy had consumed
quite a bit of dark chocolate. They got the puppy
to vomit the chocolate by administering a 3% solution
of peroxide. This is sold in the drug store as a mouth
wash.

Here they appear to be advocating a 1.5% solution of peroxide:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2434_detect-...chocolate.html


One specific brand name recommended by several dog health sites is
"Toxiban" which, in the liquid form, contains Kaolin. Apparently not
available in tablet form.

Still looking.


--Marshall