Breathing problems after Potassium Chloride in dogs
20 reports to the FDA describe breathing problems in dogs given Potassium Chloride. That is 20% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 2.7% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
20Reports
95%Marked serious
10%Recovered
75%Died or euthanised
10 daysTypical onset
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 Potassium Chloride cause breathing problems in dogs?
- 20 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 10 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).
Breathing problems with similar medicines
- Breathing problems after Melarsomine (Immiticide) 1,801 reports · 7.9% of its reports
- Breathing problems after Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 275 reports · 5.0% of its reports
- Breathing problems after Diphenhydramine 574 reports · 12% of its reports
- Breathing problems after Butorphanol 404 reports · 9.1% of its reports
- Breathing problems after Cefpodoxime 198 reports · 4.9% of its reports
- Breathing problems after Tramadol 375 reports · 10.0% of its reports
- Breathing problems after Florfenicol + Mometasone + Terbinafine 163 reports · 4.6% of its reports
- Breathing problems after Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate 135 reports · 4.0% of its reports
- Breathing problems after Propofol 256 reports · 8.3% of its reports
- Breathing problems after Dirlotapide 35 reports · 1.2% of its reports
All reported side effects of Potassium Chloride in dogs · Medicines most reported with breathing problems
