Drooling after Amoxicillin in cats

31 reports to the FDA describe drooling in cats given Amoxicillin. That is 6.0% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 5.6% across reports for all cat medicines.

31Reports

29%Marked serious

13%Recovered

13%Died or euthanised

1 daysTypical onset

How soon it started

Same day

3 17%

1–2 days

8 44%

3–7 days

2 11%

1–4 weeks

3 17%

Over a month

2 11%

How the animals did

Recovered

4 13%

Still unwell when reported

5 16%

Died

3 9.7%

Euthanised

1 3.2%

Not known

18 58%

Problems reported at the same time

13 42%

10 32%

7 23%

6 19%

5 16%

4 13%

4 13%

Didn't work as expected

4 13%

Age of the animals

Under 1 year

1–3 years

4–7 years

8–11 years

12+ years

About this medicine

Amoxicillin treats bacterial infections.

Questions owners ask

Can Amoxicillin cause drooling in cats?: 31 reports link the two, but a report alone does not prove the medicine was the cause: other illnesses, other medicines or coincidence can be involved. Your vet can judge it for your animal.
How soon after a dose was it reported?: In half of the reports with dates, it started within 1 day of the first dose.
What should I do?: Don't give another dose until you've spoken to your vet, and keep the packaging so you can tell them the product and dose. Your vet can also report it to the FDA (or you can, through the manufacturer or FDA form 1932a).

Drooling with similar medicines

Drooling after Cefovecin (Convenia) 386 reports · 4.4% of its reports
Drooling after Amoxicillin + Clavulanate (Clavamox) 102 reports · 4.3% of its reports
Drooling after Enrofloxacin (Baytril) 74 reports · 4.7% of its reports
Drooling after Metronidazole 35 reports · 8.9% of its reports

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