Apnoea after Isoflurane in dogs
The FDA has received 140 reports of apnoea in dogs after Isoflurane. That is 5.1% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.2% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
140Reports
54%Marked serious
37%Recovered
42%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 Isoflurane cause apnoea in dogs?
- 140 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).
Apnoea with similar medicines
- Apnoea after Melarsomine (Immiticide) 25 reports · 0.1% of its reports
- Apnoea after Butorphanol 112 reports · 2.5% of its reports
- Apnoea after Propofol 226 reports · 7.4% of its reports
- Apnoea after Atipamezole 78 reports · 2.9% of its reports
- Apnoea after Medetomidine 120 reports · 5.6% of its reports
- Apnoea after Ketamine 89 reports · 4.7% of its reports
- Apnoea after Acepromazine 46 reports · 2.6% of its reports
- Apnoea after Tiletamine + Zolazepam 91 reports · 6.3% of its reports
- Apnoea after Midazolam 29 reports · 2.4% of its reports
- Apnoea after Hydromorphone 31 reports · 2.9% of its reports
All reported side effects of Isoflurane in dogs · Medicines most reported with apnoea