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Pet's info: Dog | Shih Tzu | Male | unneutered | 12 lbs
My 12 lb, almost 3 year old, shih-tzu dog chewed on a tube of Benadryl cream with the 2 active ingredients being diphenhydramine hydrochloride 2% (topical analgesic) and zinc acetate 0.1% (skin protectant). He got into it 2-3 hours ago and hasn’t been acting abnormally. He’s had a lot of water to drink. Is there anything I should do/is he okay?
1 Answer

Answered By Linda G, MS, DVM
Veterinarian
Published on July 30th, 2020