Weight loss after Phenobarbital in dogs
The FDA has received 48 reports of weight loss in dogs after Phenobarbital. That is 3.1% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 1.7% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
48Reports
75%Marked serious
15%Recovered
31%Died or euthanised
24 daysTypical 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 Phenobarbital cause weight loss in dogs?
- 48 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 24 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).
Weight loss with similar medicines
- Weight loss after Melarsomine (Immiticide) 519 reports · 2.3% of its reports
- Weight loss after Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 247 reports · 4.5% of its reports
- Weight loss after Diphenhydramine 162 reports · 3.4% of its reports
- Weight loss after Butorphanol 128 reports · 2.9% of its reports
- Weight loss after Cefpodoxime 150 reports · 3.7% of its reports
- Weight loss after Tramadol 274 reports · 7.3% of its reports
- Weight loss after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 65 reports · 1.8% of its reports
- Weight loss after Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate 202 reports · 6.1% of its reports
- Weight loss after Propofol 64 reports · 2.1% of its reports
- Weight loss after Isoflurane 85 reports · 3.1% of its reports
All reported side effects of Phenobarbital in dogs · Medicines most reported with weight loss