Respiratory arrest after Acepromazine in dogs
The FDA has received 21 reports of respiratory arrest in dogs after Acepromazine. That is 1.2% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.0% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
21Reports
100%Marked serious
24%Recovered
76%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 Acepromazine cause respiratory arrest in dogs?
- 21 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).
Respiratory arrest with similar medicines
- Respiratory arrest after Diphenhydramine 24 reports · 0.5% of its reports
- Respiratory arrest after Butorphanol 86 reports · 1.9% of its reports
- Respiratory arrest after Propofol 43 reports · 1.4% of its reports
- Respiratory arrest after Isoflurane 69 reports · 2.5% of its reports
- Respiratory arrest after Atipamezole 24 reports · 0.9% of its reports
- Respiratory arrest after Ketamine 39 reports · 2.1% of its reports
- Respiratory arrest after Midazolam 37 reports · 3.1% of its reports
- Respiratory arrest after Atropine 27 reports · 3.6% of its reports
- Respiratory arrest after Epinephrine 25 reports · 8.0% of its reports
All reported side effects of Acepromazine in dogs · Medicines most reported with respiratory arrest