Dehydration after Methylprednisolone in cats
The FDA has received 62 reports of dehydration in cats after Methylprednisolone. That is 3.9% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 2.0% across reports for all cat medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
62Reports
65%Marked serious
8.1%Recovered
42%Died or euthanised
4 daysTypical onset
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How the animals did
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Age of the animals
About this medicine
Type: medicine.
Questions owners ask
- Can Methylprednisolone cause dehydration in cats?
- 62 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 4 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).
Dehydration with similar medicines
- Dehydration after Ketamine 66 reports · 2.0% of its reports
- Dehydration after Butorphanol 70 reports · 3.1% of its reports
- Dehydration after Isoflurane 58 reports · 2.9% of its reports
- Dehydration after Propofol 38 reports · 3.2% of its reports
- Dehydration after Midazolam 38 reports · 5.1% of its reports
- Dehydration after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 24 reports · 3.5% of its reports
- Dehydration after Orbifloxacin 21 reports · 3.1% of its reports
- Dehydration after Molidustat 22 reports · 3.6% of its reports
- Dehydration after Marbofloxacin 22 reports · 3.9% of its reports
- Dehydration after Clindamycin 25 reports · 5.3% of its reports
All reported side effects of Methylprednisolone in cats · Medicines most reported with dehydration