Didn't stop fleas after Cephalexin in dogs
46 reports to the FDA describe didn't stop fleas in dogs given Cephalexin. That is 1.7% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 6.2% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported less often than average with this medicine.
46Reports
20%Marked serious
22%Recovered
2.2%Died or euthanised
39 daysTypical onset
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How the animals did
Problems reported at the same time
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About this medicine
Type: medicine.
Questions owners ask
- Can Cephalexin cause didn't stop fleas in dogs?
- 46 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 39 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).
Didn't stop fleas with similar medicines
- Didn't stop fleas after Diphenhydramine 174 reports · 3.7% of its reports
- Didn't stop fleas after Cefpodoxime 31 reports · 0.8% of its reports
- Didn't stop fleas after Tramadol 45 reports · 1.2% of its reports
- Didn't stop fleas after Chondroitin + Glucosamine 27 reports · 1.0% of its reports
- Didn't stop fleas after Glucosamine 46 reports · 2.5% of its reports
- Didn't stop fleas after Enalapril 28 reports · 1.7% of its reports
- Didn't stop fleas after S-methoprene 132 reports · 8.1% of its reports
- Didn't stop fleas after Phenobarbital 58 reports · 3.8% of its reports
- Didn't stop fleas after Furosemide 36 reports · 2.4% of its reports
- Didn't stop fleas after Fish Oil 60 reports · 4.0% of its reports
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