Loss of appetite after Cephalexin in dogs
The FDA has received 404 reports of loss of appetite in dogs after Cephalexin. That is 15% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 8.4% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
404Reports
59%Marked serious
21%Recovered
28%Died or euthanised
6 daysTypical 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 loss of appetite in dogs?
- 404 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).
Loss of appetite with similar medicines
- Loss of appetite after Melarsomine (Immiticide) 1,950 reports · 8.6% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 1,132 reports · 21% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Diphenhydramine 901 reports · 19% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Butorphanol 706 reports · 16% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Cefpodoxime 709 reports · 17% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Tramadol 1,040 reports · 28% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 475 reports · 13% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate 487 reports · 15% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Propofol 372 reports · 12% of its reports
- Loss of appetite after Dirlotapide 530 reports · 19% of its reports
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