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Does food affect activated charcoal absorption? | VETgirl Veterinary CE Podcasts
VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts
English - January 11, 2016 06:00 - 3 minutes - 9.54 MB - ★★★★★ - 361 ratingsEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this VETgirl online veterinary CE podcast, we review whether mixing dog food with activated charcoal works. After all, it's usually easier to get a dog to eat the charcoal if you mix it with some palatable food with poisoning cases, right? Well, have you ever wondered about the effect of that food on the adsorptive capacity of the charcoal? Will it decrease its efficacy in terms of helping to eliminate that toxin from your patient's system?