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CALL POISON CONTROL?WHICH PHONE NUMBER?
Your pet or person poisoned? Call poison control - we checked them out and provide the best phone number for free, fast help for poisoning!
July 2019 update | TheDogPress.com Nel Liquorman, Investigative Reporter
The National Poison Control Center {Ref #1} 1-800-222-1222 is a free service that will connect you to someone in your state. NPCC picks up quickly and may provide quick, basic information for animal poisoning, 24-7. Their website is also well organized. See other sites below that may help with pet poisonings.
The Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) {Ref #2} is not the animal equivalent of the National Poison Control Center (NPCC), the Am. Assoc. Of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC){Ref #3}, or the CDC for the human population. (see links below) The APCC Animal Poison Control Center numer; (888) 426-4435 is an association of centers and when we called, we were provided very little help or poison information.
The CDC {Ref #4}, a government agency with facilities around the country, has doctors, scientists, researchers and laboratory personnel. Experts can prove their findings, locate the poisons, and help to prevent disease from spreading but it is for people not pets.
The ASPCA Animal Poison Control ($65 fee or more) appears to be little more than a phone line with a veterinarian on call. The message when you call is "we are the only poison control center that is staffed with veterinarians and toxicologists" but we didn't pay the $65 to see if that was true. We did find that on weekends it can be a frustrating waste of time, listening to music...
If your vet or poison control center says it's okay to induce vomiting, "give your dog 3% hydrogen peroxide, which is available at your local pharmacy. It is the preferred vomit-inducing product for dogs. Give your dog one teaspoon hydrogen peroxide per 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of body weight."~ ref www.wikihow.com
Reference & Related Information: {1} National Poison Control Center ~ {2} Animal Poison Control Center
{3} Am. Assoc. Of Poison Control Centers ~ {4} CDC Centers for Disease Control ~ Pot Poisons Dogs Copyright © NetPlaces Network 1001r1712r1907 http://www.thedogpress.com/Columns/Call-Poison-Control-phone-number-nl.asp SSI
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