https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/12669/alternative-to-antepsin What is everyone using as an alternative to antepsin now that it is unavailable? Apparently you can&#39;t even get it from a pharmacy as all stocks have been reserved for human use in hospitals. en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/75258?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:48:32 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:fc33bdd7-d7ef-4b9e-b958-40f1920943d0Bob Russell<p>Needed Antepsin today for reflux case and by a miracle we found a hidden bottle (Exp 2014) at the back of a shelf. (smug happy smiley)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/75256?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:16:04 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:1ccb0a91-8178-4ee2-9c35-58c8ba8cf598Jo Cobbett<p>I&#39;ve just discovered just how easily Antepsin dissolves.&nbsp; I put half a tablet in a 5ml syringe, put the plunger back in, drew 1.5mls water into the syringe, gave it a quick shake, and viola - Antepsin suspension!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/71706?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:15:18 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:1a592f5d-a3a8-4c94-a103-1b21ace375bbJo Cobbett<p>As I understand it, once it hits the stomach there&#39;s no real difference, but if you&#39;re using it for the&nbsp;oesophagus (eg&nbsp;reflux) the tablet&#39;s no good as it just passes by, whereas the liquid will cling to the oesophageal lining.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/71662?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:33:01 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:63a9f5ff-74b6-4b67-b8f6-808090d8dd5cRob Loxley<p>What is the difference in efficacy between the tablets (administered as tablets) and the liquid?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/71644?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:25:14 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:656fad8c-f645-4e0d-870d-498c7b990cb1Tom Ward<p>[quote user=&quot;robloxley&quot;]</p> <p>Antepsin tablets?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>antepsin tablets do dissolve quite nicely in water - a bit of mixing-pharmacy is probably allowable under the cascade, or alternatively just get the client to do it at home!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/71304?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:00:55 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:3370b045-c647-4b90-8fff-6ad89120c4fdJames Laidlaw<p>Does gaviscon do the same thing? Different actives, so maybe not, but I had a client asking about this and couldn&#39;t find any info in my brief searching, do thought I&#39;d ask here given antepsin might be gone...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/71245?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:58:26 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:0c6d363b-b832-4d95-bd3b-66e14b301f30Rob Loxley<p>Antepsin tablets?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>