Cardiac arrest after Ketamine in cats
The FDA has received 249 reports of cardiac arrest in cats after Ketamine. That is 7.7% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.8% across reports for all cat medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
249Reports
46%Marked serious
6.8%Recovered
82%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 Ketamine cause cardiac arrest in cats?
- 249 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).
Cardiac arrest with similar medicines
- Cardiac arrest after Butorphanol 165 reports · 7.4% of its reports
- Cardiac arrest after Isoflurane 138 reports · 6.8% of its reports
- Cardiac arrest after Tiletamine + Zolazepam 198 reports · 12% of its reports
- Cardiac arrest after Propofol 87 reports · 7.4% of its reports
- Cardiac arrest after Atipamezole 63 reports · 6.1% of its reports
- Cardiac arrest after Midazolam 25 reports · 3.3% of its reports
- Cardiac arrest after Acepromazine 41 reports · 6.9% of its reports
- Cardiac arrest after Medetomidine 44 reports · 8.9% of its reports
- Cardiac arrest after Alfaxalone 22 reports · 4.7% of its reports
- Cardiac arrest after Sevoflurane 52 reports · 13% of its reports
All reported side effects of Ketamine in cats · Medicines most reported with cardiac arrest