Malaise after Diphenhydramine in dogs
The FDA has received 48 reports of malaise in dogs after Diphenhydramine. That is 1.0% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.4% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
48Reports
50%Marked serious
21%Recovered
19%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 malaise in dogs?
- 48 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).
Malaise with similar medicines
- Malaise after Melarsomine (Immiticide) 59 reports · 0.3% of its reports
- Malaise after Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 55 reports · 1.0% of its reports
- Malaise after Butorphanol 24 reports · 0.5% of its reports
- Malaise after Cefpodoxime 28 reports · 0.7% of its reports
- Malaise after Tramadol 48 reports · 1.3% of its reports
- Malaise after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 30 reports · 0.8% of its reports
- Malaise after Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate 92 reports · 2.8% of its reports
- Malaise after Famotidine 34 reports · 1.3% of its reports
- Malaise after Chondroitin + Glucosamine 33 reports · 1.3% of its reports
All reported side effects of Diphenhydramine in dogs · Medicines most reported with malaise