Hair loss after Fipronil in cats
The FDA has received 34 reports of hair loss in cats after Fipronil. That is 6.8% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 14% across reports for all cat medicines, so it is reported less often than average with this medicine.
34Reports
50%Marked serious
21%Recovered
2.9%Died or euthanised
8 daysTypical onset
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About this medicine
Fipronil kills fleas and ticks (spot-on).
Questions owners ask
- Can Fipronil cause hair loss in cats?
- 34 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 8 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).
Hair loss with similar medicines
- Hair loss after Spinosad (Comfortis) 76 reports · 0.7% of its reports
- Hair loss after Nitenpyram (Capstar) 111 reports · 1.3% of its reports
- Hair loss after Imidacloprid + Moxidectin (Advantage Multi) 1,437 reports · 18% of its reports
- Hair loss after Lufenuron 83 reports · 7.5% of its reports
- Hair loss after Flumethrin + Imidacloprid (Seresto) 166 reports · 25% of its reports
- Hair loss after Imidacloprid + Pyriproxyfen 83 reports · 13% of its reports
- Hair loss after Fipronil + S-methoprene (Frontline Plus) 39 reports · 11% of its reports
- Hair loss after Imidacloprid 24 reports · 9.5% of its reports
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