Wobbliness (ataxia) after Ketamine in cats
The FDA has received 214 reports of wobbliness (ataxia) in cats after Ketamine. That is 6.6% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 4.7% across reports for all cat medicines.
214Reports
32%Marked serious
17%Recovered
17%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 wobbliness (ataxia) in cats?
- 214 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).
Wobbliness (ataxia) with similar medicines
- Wobbliness (ataxia) after Butorphanol 152 reports · 6.8% of its reports
- Wobbliness (ataxia) after Isoflurane 132 reports · 6.5% of its reports
- Wobbliness (ataxia) after Tiletamine + Zolazepam 204 reports · 12% of its reports
- Wobbliness (ataxia) after Methylprednisolone 106 reports · 6.6% of its reports
- Wobbliness (ataxia) after Propofol 59 reports · 5.0% of its reports
- Wobbliness (ataxia) after Atipamezole 63 reports · 6.1% of its reports
- Wobbliness (ataxia) after Midazolam 58 reports · 7.8% of its reports
- Wobbliness (ataxia) after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 306 reports · 44% of its reports
- Wobbliness (ataxia) after Orbifloxacin 59 reports · 8.7% of its reports
- Wobbliness (ataxia) after Acepromazine 39 reports · 6.6% of its reports
All reported side effects of Ketamine in cats · Medicines most reported with wobbliness (ataxia)