Cyanosis after Alfaxalone in dogs
The FDA has received 25 reports of cyanosis in dogs after Alfaxalone. That is 5.1% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.2% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
25Reports
100%Marked serious
40%Recovered
56%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 Alfaxalone cause cyanosis in dogs?
- 25 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).
Cyanosis with similar medicines
- Cyanosis after Melarsomine (Immiticide) 188 reports · 0.8% of its reports
- Cyanosis after Diphenhydramine 55 reports · 1.2% of its reports
- Cyanosis after Butorphanol 89 reports · 2.0% of its reports
- Cyanosis after Propofol 114 reports · 3.7% of its reports
- Cyanosis after Isoflurane 61 reports · 2.2% of its reports
- Cyanosis after Atipamezole 42 reports · 1.6% of its reports
- Cyanosis after Famotidine 21 reports · 0.8% of its reports
- Cyanosis after Medetomidine 61 reports · 2.9% of its reports
- Cyanosis after Ketamine 37 reports · 2.0% of its reports
- Cyanosis after Acepromazine 40 reports · 2.3% of its reports
All reported side effects of Alfaxalone in dogs · Medicines most reported with cyanosis