A. Drugs, as far as I'm concerned, are never the first solution to behavioral problems in dogs or cats. Unfortunately, they only mask the problems, they don't solve them. Elavil, like Valium, Buspar and Prozac, is a human drug that can help in some behavioral cases that don't respond to conventional behavioral modification. It is no more successful than any other drug on the market. In most cases, several of these drugs need to be tried in order to find one that works for each individual dog.
Dosage is dependant on the individual situation and dog.
After about 8 hours he seemed very restless and shook his head a lot trying to scratch his ears, also seemed to have a dry mouth. I called the animal emergencey clinic here in Daytona Beach FL to see if this is a normal response. They had no answers for me. I watched him closely through the nite and he was fine in the morning. My vet said it was fine when I bought it.