Drooling after Diphenhydramine in cats
The FDA has received 40 reports of drooling in cats after Diphenhydramine. That is 11% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 5.6% across reports for all cat medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
40Reports
75%Marked serious
23%Recovered
30%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 Diphenhydramine cause drooling in cats?
- 40 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).
Drooling with similar medicines
- Drooling after Ketamine 146 reports · 4.5% of its reports
- Drooling after Butorphanol 173 reports · 7.7% of its reports
- Drooling after Isoflurane 96 reports · 4.7% of its reports
- Drooling after Tiletamine + Zolazepam 24 reports · 1.4% of its reports
- Drooling after Methylprednisolone 57 reports · 3.5% of its reports
- Drooling after Propofol 42 reports · 3.6% of its reports
- Drooling after Atipamezole 179 reports · 17% of its reports
- Drooling after Midazolam 44 reports · 5.9% of its reports
- Drooling after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 35 reports · 5.0% of its reports
- Drooling after Orbifloxacin 42 reports · 6.2% of its reports
All reported side effects of Diphenhydramine in cats · Medicines most reported with drooling