Anxiety after Cephalexin in dogs
The FDA has received 22 reports of anxiety in dogs after Cephalexin. That is 0.8% 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.
22Reports
55%Marked serious
41%Recovered
27%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 Cephalexin cause anxiety in dogs?
- 22 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).
Anxiety with similar medicines
- Anxiety after Melarsomine (Immiticide) 134 reports · 0.6% of its reports
- Anxiety after Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 60 reports · 1.1% of its reports
- Anxiety after Diphenhydramine 74 reports · 1.6% of its reports
- Anxiety after Butorphanol 71 reports · 1.6% of its reports
- Anxiety after Cefpodoxime 55 reports · 1.4% of its reports
- Anxiety after Tramadol 57 reports · 1.5% of its reports
- Anxiety after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 46 reports · 1.3% of its reports
- Anxiety after Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate 53 reports · 1.6% of its reports
- Anxiety after Isoflurane 50 reports · 1.8% of its reports
- Anxiety after Atipamezole 33 reports · 1.2% of its reports
All reported side effects of Cephalexin in dogs · Medicines most reported with anxiety