Tachycardia after Ketamine in cats
The FDA has received 70 reports of tachycardia in cats after Ketamine. That is 2.2% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.7% across reports for all cat medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
70Reports
41%Marked serious
14%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
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About this medicine
Type: medicine.
Questions owners ask
- Can Ketamine cause tachycardia in cats?
- 70 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).
Tachycardia with similar medicines
- Tachycardia after Butorphanol 65 reports · 2.9% of its reports
- Tachycardia after Isoflurane 61 reports · 3.0% of its reports
- Tachycardia after Tiletamine + Zolazepam 32 reports · 1.9% of its reports
- Tachycardia after Propofol 47 reports · 4.0% of its reports
- Tachycardia after Atipamezole 48 reports · 4.6% of its reports
- Tachycardia after Midazolam 23 reports · 3.1% of its reports
- Tachycardia after Diphenhydramine 23 reports · 6.3% of its reports
All reported side effects of Ketamine in cats · Medicines most reported with tachycardia