Meclizine for car sickness

RBak wrote:
Andy threw up on the way to the groomer this morning. He has never done this in all the car rides he had taken. It was about 1 1/2 hours after he had eaten. Since we are planning a long trip in the near future, I called my vet and asked if the Centrine I had on hand could be given to him to avoid this. My vet suggested Meclizine instead, as it is specifically for motion or car sickness. I obtained it from him and have been reading up on the side effects, etc. Andy had elevated liver enzymes in the past, but my vet prescribed it anyway. Has anyone had experience with this drug? This was something that does not happen every time we take him with us - just this morning, but I wanted to be on the safe side. It's a long way to Florida from Illinois and I don't want him to be miserable (or us!) Thanks to all who respond.

Rita

This honestly does not sound like car sickness to me. Dogs occasionally throw up. It's just a fact of Dog life. One time would not indicate anything unusual to me. He could have eaten almost anything that upset the tummy.

I would just wait this out and see if a trend develops before rushing into giving drugs.

If it does look like it's really car sickness (and that would be unusual) I'd just give him a benedryl. This works great for human seasickness and dogs tolerate it very well. It is also the drug of choice if your dog is bitten by a wasp or spyder and has a bad reaction.