Sedation after Fentanyl in dogs
The FDA has received 77 reports of sedation in dogs after Fentanyl. That is 12% 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.
77Reports
25%Marked serious
48%Recovered
6.5%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 Fentanyl cause sedation in dogs?
- 77 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 Famotidine 20 reports · 0.8% 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
All reported side effects of Fentanyl in dogs · Medicines most reported with sedation