Dehydration after Diphenhydramine in dogs
The FDA has received 104 reports of dehydration in dogs after Diphenhydramine. That is 2.2% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.7% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
104Reports
71%Marked serious
13%Recovered
33%Died or euthanised
1 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 Diphenhydramine cause dehydration in dogs?
- 104 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 1 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).
Dehydration with similar medicines
- Dehydration after Melarsomine (Immiticide) 176 reports · 0.8% of its reports
- Dehydration after Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 110 reports · 2.0% of its reports
- Dehydration after Butorphanol 103 reports · 2.3% of its reports
- Dehydration after Cefpodoxime 66 reports · 1.6% of its reports
- Dehydration after Tramadol 140 reports · 3.7% of its reports
- Dehydration after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 49 reports · 1.4% of its reports
- Dehydration after Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate 89 reports · 2.7% of its reports
- Dehydration after Propofol 48 reports · 1.6% of its reports
- Dehydration after Dirlotapide 26 reports · 0.9% of its reports
- Dehydration after Isoflurane 60 reports · 2.2% of its reports
All reported side effects of Diphenhydramine in dogs · Medicines most reported with dehydration