Malodour after Diphenhydramine in dogs
The FDA has received 41 reports of malodour in dogs after Diphenhydramine. That is 0.9% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.1% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
41Reports
59%Marked serious
20%Recovered
17%Died or euthanised
2 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 malodour in dogs?
- 41 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 2 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).
Malodour with similar medicines
- Malodour after Butorphanol 46 reports · 1.0% of its reports
- Malodour after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 50 reports · 1.4% of its reports
- Malodour after Cephalexin 21 reports · 0.8% of its reports
- Malodour after Atipamezole 24 reports · 0.9% of its reports
- Malodour after Famotidine 31 reports · 1.2% of its reports
- Malodour after Ketoconazole 30 reports · 1.3% of its reports
- Malodour after Tigilanol Tiglate 138 reports · 6.8% of its reports
All reported side effects of Diphenhydramine in dogs · Medicines most reported with malodour