Muscle wasting after Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan in dogs
The FDA has received 23 reports of muscle wasting in dogs after Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan. That is 0.4% 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.
23Reports
74%Marked serious
4.3%Recovered
13%Died or euthanised
59 daysTypical onset
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About this medicine
Type: medicine.
Questions owners ask
- Can Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan cause muscle wasting in dogs?
- 23 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 59 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).
Muscle wasting with similar medicines
- Muscle wasting after Melarsomine (Immiticide) 28 reports · 0.1% of its reports
- Muscle wasting after Tramadol 27 reports · 0.7% of its reports
- Muscle wasting after Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate 23 reports · 0.7% of its reports
- Muscle wasting after Famotidine 20 reports · 0.8% of its reports
All reported side effects of Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan in dogs · Medicines most reported with muscle wasting