Not drinking after Amoxicillin in dogs

The FDA has received 27 reports of not drinking in dogs after Amoxicillin. That is 2.0% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.5% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.

27Reports

74%Marked serious

15%Recovered

37%Died or euthanised

6 daysTypical onset

How soon it started

Same day

3 13%

1–2 days

3 13%

3–7 days

6 26%

1–4 weeks

7 30%

Over a month

4 17%

How the animals did

Recovered

4 15%

Still unwell when reported

11 41%

Died

1 3.7%

Euthanised

9 33%

Not known

2 7.4%

Problems reported at the same time

27 100%

16 59%

11 41%

10 37%

9 33%

8 30%

8 30%

6 22%

Age of the animals

Under 1 year

1–3 years

4–7 years

8–11 years

12+ years

About this medicine

Amoxicillin treats bacterial infections.

Questions owners ask

Can Amoxicillin cause not drinking in dogs?: 27 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 6 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).

Not drinking with similar medicines

Not drinking after Amoxicillin + Clavulanate (Clavamox) 51 reports · 0.9% of its reports
Not drinking after Doxycycline 47 reports · 1.2% of its reports
Not drinking after Cefovecin (Convenia) 62 reports · 1.6% of its reports
Not drinking after Enrofloxacin (Baytril) 43 reports · 1.1% of its reports
Not drinking after Metronidazole 70 reports · 2.3% of its reports

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