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Doxycycline Injection for my Dog
Veterinarian has prescribed Doxycycline Injection 100 mg bd for 2 days (for tick fever).
What should ideally be the administration route, IV or IM?
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Normally Doxycycline injection is given intravenously. But in animals I am not sure if it can be given intravenously every time you have to give.
In human beings Intravenous preparation can't be used intramuscularly.
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