Walking difficulty after Doxycycline in dogs
The FDA has received 65 reports of walking difficulty in dogs after Doxycycline. That is 1.6% 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.
65Reports
83%Marked serious
12%Recovered
34%Died or euthanised
6 daysTypical onset
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About this medicine
Doxycycline treats bacterial and tick-borne infections.
Questions owners ask
- Can Doxycycline cause walking difficulty in dogs?
- 65 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).
Walking difficulty with similar medicines
- Walking difficulty after Amoxicillin + Clavulanate (Clavamox) 56 reports · 1.0% of its reports
- Walking difficulty after Cefovecin (Convenia) 50 reports · 1.3% of its reports
- Walking difficulty after Enrofloxacin (Baytril) 51 reports · 1.4% of its reports
- Walking difficulty after Metronidazole 47 reports · 1.5% of its reports
- Walking difficulty after Amoxicillin 22 reports · 1.6% of its reports
All reported side effects of Doxycycline in dogs · Medicines most reported with walking difficulty