Accidental exposure after Cephalexin in dogs

The FDA has received 166 reports of accidental exposure in dogs after Cephalexin. That is 6.2% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 1.5% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.

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Age of the animals

About this medicine

Type: medicine.

Questions owners ask

Can Cephalexin cause accidental exposure in dogs?

166 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).

Accidental exposure with similar medicines

• Accidental exposure after Butorphanol 21 reports · 0.5% of its reports
• Accidental exposure after Atipamezole 119 reports · 4.5% of its reports
• Accidental exposure after Clotrimazole + Gentamicin + Mometasone 47 reports · 1.8% of its reports
• Accidental exposure after Genta Momet Clotrim 37 reports · 1.6% of its reports
• Accidental exposure after Betamethasone + Clotrimazole + Gentamicin 53 reports · 2.7% of its reports
• Accidental exposure after Enalapril 20 reports · 1.2% of its reports
• Accidental exposure after S-methoprene 94 reports · 5.7% of its reports
• Accidental exposure after Furosemide 42 reports · 2.8% of its reports
• Accidental exposure after Pentobarbital + Phenytoin 29 reports · 3.4% of its reports
• Accidental exposure after Diethylcarbamazine + Oxibendazole 119 reports · 23% of its reports

All reported side effects of Cephalexin in dogs · Medicines most reported with accidental exposure