Skin redness after Diphenhydramine in cats
The FDA has received 21 reports of skin redness in cats after Diphenhydramine. That is 5.7% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 2.2% across reports for all cat medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
21Reports
81%Marked serious
33%Recovered
14%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 skin redness in cats?
- 21 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).
Skin redness with similar medicines
- Skin redness after Ketamine 26 reports · 0.8% of its reports
- Skin redness after Isoflurane 34 reports · 1.7% of its reports
- Skin redness after Methylprednisolone 54 reports · 3.4% of its reports
- Skin redness after Propofol 21 reports · 1.8% of its reports
- Skin redness after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 23 reports · 3.3% of its reports
- Skin redness after Polymyxin B 23 reports · 12% of its reports
- Skin redness after Neomycin + Triamcinolone 21 reports · 15% of its reports
All reported side effects of Diphenhydramine in cats · Medicines most reported with skin redness