Loss of appetite after Azithromycin in cats
The FDA has received 26 reports of loss of appetite in cats after Azithromycin. That is 31% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 14% across reports for all cat medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
26Reports
69%Marked serious
3.8%Recovered
35%Died or euthanised
7 daysTypical onset
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How soon it started
How the animals did
Problems reported at the same time
Age of the animals
About this medicine
Type: medicine.
Questions owners ask
- Can Azithromycin cause loss of appetite in cats?
- 26 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 7 days 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).
Loss of appetite with similar medicines
- Loss of appetite after Ketamine 369 reports · 11% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Butorphanol 407 reports · 18% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Isoflurane 395 reports · 19% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Tiletamine + Zolazepam 113 reports · 6.8% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Methylprednisolone 401 reports · 25% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Propofol 248 reports · 21% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Atipamezole 117 reports · 11% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Midazolam 185 reports · 25% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 305 reports · 44% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Orbifloxacin 142 reports · 21% of its reports
All reported side effects of Azithromycin in cats · Medicines most reported with loss of appetite