Weight loss after Methylprednisolone in cats
The FDA has received 161 reports of weight loss in cats after Methylprednisolone. That is 10% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 4.6% across reports for all cat medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
161Reports
50%Marked serious
8.1%Recovered
29%Died or euthanised
7 daysTypical 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 Methylprednisolone cause weight loss in cats?
- 161 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 7 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).
Weight loss with similar medicines
- Weight loss after Ketamine 64 reports · 2.0% of its reports
- Weight loss after Butorphanol 86 reports · 3.8% of its reports
- Weight loss after Isoflurane 76 reports · 3.7% of its reports
- Weight loss after Propofol 41 reports · 3.5% of its reports
- Weight loss after Atipamezole 20 reports · 1.9% of its reports
- Weight loss after Midazolam 21 reports · 2.8% of its reports
- Weight loss after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 51 reports · 7.3% of its reports
- Weight loss after Orbifloxacin 36 reports · 5.3% of its reports
- Weight loss after Molidustat 73 reports · 12% of its reports
- Weight loss after Acepromazine 23 reports · 3.9% of its reports
All reported side effects of Methylprednisolone in cats · Medicines most reported with weight loss