Apnoea after Butorphanol in cats
The FDA has received 90 reports of apnoea in cats after Butorphanol. That is 4.0% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.5% across reports for all cat medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
90Reports
46%Marked serious
17%Recovered
67%Died or euthanised
Same dayTypical 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 Butorphanol cause apnoea in cats?
- 90 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 the same 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).
Apnoea with similar medicines
- Apnoea after Ketamine 204 reports · 6.3% of its reports
- Apnoea after Isoflurane 74 reports · 3.6% of its reports
- Apnoea after Tiletamine + Zolazepam 152 reports · 9.2% of its reports
- Apnoea after Propofol 63 reports · 5.4% of its reports
- Apnoea after Atipamezole 30 reports · 2.9% of its reports
- Apnoea after Acepromazine 27 reports · 4.6% of its reports
- Apnoea after Medetomidine 35 reports · 7.1% of its reports
- Apnoea after Sevoflurane 38 reports · 9.8% of its reports
All reported side effects of Butorphanol in cats · Medicines most reported with apnoea