Excessive licking and/or grooming after Spinosad (Comfortis) in cats
The FDA has received 43 reports of excessive licking and/or grooming in cats after Spinosad. That is 0.4% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.6% across reports for all cat medicines, so it is reported less often than average with this medicine.
43Reports
21%Marked serious
56%Recovered
0.0%Died or euthanised
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About this medicine
Spinosad kills fleas; monthly chewable.
Products with this ingredient include Comfortis. The FDA hides brand names in its public data, so these reports cover every product with the same active ingredients.
Questions owners ask
- Can Spinosad cause excessive licking and/or grooming in cats?
- 43 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).
Excessive licking and/or grooming with similar medicines
- Excessive licking and/or grooming after Nitenpyram (Capstar) 352 reports · 4.0% of its reports
- Excessive licking and/or grooming after Imidacloprid + Moxidectin (Advantage Multi) 173 reports · 2.1% of its reports
All reported side effects of Spinosad in cats · Medicines most reported with excessive licking and/or grooming