Elevated temperature after Diphenhydramine in dogs
64 reports to the FDA describe elevated temperature in dogs given Diphenhydramine. That is 1.4% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.2% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
64Reports
75%Marked serious
22%Recovered
17%Died or euthanised
Same dayTypical onset
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Type: medicine.
Questions owners ask
- Can Diphenhydramine cause elevated temperature in dogs?
- 64 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).
Elevated temperature with similar medicines
- Elevated temperature after Melarsomine (Immiticide) 69 reports · 0.3% of its reports
- Elevated temperature after Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 20 reports · 0.4% of its reports
- Elevated temperature after Butorphanol 48 reports · 1.1% of its reports
- Elevated temperature after Tramadol 20 reports · 0.5% of its reports
- Elevated temperature after Isoflurane 21 reports · 0.8% of its reports
- Elevated temperature after Atipamezole 21 reports · 0.8% of its reports
- Elevated temperature after Famotidine 37 reports · 1.4% of its reports
- Elevated temperature after Tigilanol Tiglate 30 reports · 1.5% of its reports
All reported side effects of Diphenhydramine in dogs · Medicines most reported with elevated temperature