Hypothermia after Ketamine in dogs
The FDA has received 47 reports of hypothermia in dogs after Ketamine. That is 2.5% 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.
47Reports
64%Marked serious
36%Recovered
36%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 Ketamine cause hypothermia in dogs?
- 47 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).
Hypothermia with similar medicines
- Hypothermia after Melarsomine (Immiticide) 174 reports · 0.8% of its reports
- Hypothermia after Diphenhydramine 65 reports · 1.4% of its reports
- Hypothermia after Butorphanol 77 reports · 1.7% of its reports
- Hypothermia after Tramadol 23 reports · 0.6% of its reports
- Hypothermia after Propofol 78 reports · 2.5% of its reports
- Hypothermia after Isoflurane 120 reports · 4.3% of its reports
- Hypothermia after Cephalexin 20 reports · 0.7% of its reports
- Hypothermia after Atipamezole 68 reports · 2.6% of its reports
- Hypothermia after Famotidine 44 reports · 1.7% of its reports
- Hypothermia after Medetomidine 27 reports · 1.3% of its reports
All reported side effects of Ketamine in dogs · Medicines most reported with hypothermia