Sedation after Famotidine in dogs
20 reports to the FDA describe sedation in dogs given Famotidine. That is 0.8% 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.
20Reports
65%Marked serious
20%Recovered
20%Died or euthanised
Same dayTypical 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 Famotidine cause sedation in dogs?
- 20 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).
Sedation with similar medicines
- Sedation after Diphenhydramine 20 reports · 0.4% of its reports
- Sedation after Butorphanol 96 reports · 2.2% of its reports
- Sedation after Isoflurane 56 reports · 2.0% of its reports
- Sedation after Atipamezole 54 reports · 2.0% of its reports
- Sedation after Acepromazine 53 reports · 3.0% of its reports
- Sedation after Midazolam 22 reports · 1.8% of its reports
- Sedation after Hydromorphone 26 reports · 2.5% of its reports
- Sedation after Amitraz 62 reports · 8.3% of its reports
- Sedation after Fentanyl 77 reports · 12% of its reports
All reported side effects of Famotidine in dogs · Medicines most reported with sedation