Don't Confuse the Vet Abbreviation "SID" for "QID"

April 2016

We're getting questions about how to avoid problems when human drugs are used in pets.

Help prevent med errors in your animal patients.

Stay alert for look-alike/sound-alike mishaps. For example, the pet-only antibiotic, Zeniquin (marbofloxacin), can be mistaken for the human tricyclic, Sinequan (doxepin), on a poorly written Rx.

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Don't Confuse the Vet Abbreviation "SID" for "QID"

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