From antidote to multimodal adjunct: a systematic review of N-acetylcysteine in dogs and cats

Introduction

N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is used in small-animal medicine as an antidote, mucolytic, thiol donor, and cytoprotective adjunct, yet its evidentiary basis varies markedly among indications and between dogs and cats. We systematically evaluated species-specific pharmacokinetic, clinical, experimental, and in vitro evidence to distinguish established uses from extrapolated practice.