Elevated temperature after Ketamine in cats
87 reports to the FDA describe elevated temperature in cats given Ketamine. That is 2.7% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.4% across reports for all cat medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
87Reports
33%Marked serious
45%Recovered
3.4%Died or euthanised
Same dayTypical onset
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About this medicine
Type: medicine.
Questions owners ask
- Can Ketamine cause elevated temperature in cats?
- 87 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).
Elevated temperature with similar medicines
- Elevated temperature after Butorphanol 63 reports · 2.8% of its reports
- Elevated temperature after Isoflurane 90 reports · 4.4% of its reports
- Elevated temperature after Propofol 53 reports · 4.5% of its reports
- Elevated temperature after Atipamezole 22 reports · 2.1% of its reports
- Elevated temperature after Midazolam 35 reports · 4.7% of its reports
- Elevated temperature after Acepromazine 29 reports · 4.9% of its reports
All reported side effects of Ketamine in cats · Medicines most reported with elevated temperature