Colic after Flunixin Meglumine in horses
The FDA has received 48 reports of colic in horses after Flunixin Meglumine. That is 7.7% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 4.2% across reports for all horse medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
48Reports
88%Marked serious
52%Recovered
31%Died or euthanised
Same dayTypical onset
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About this medicine
Type: medicine.
Questions owners ask
- Can Flunixin Meglumine cause colic in horses?
- 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 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).
Colic with similar medicines
- Colic after Omeprazole 49 reports · 2.5% of its reports
- Colic after Pergolide 61 reports · 4.9% of its reports
- Colic after Ceftiofur 89 reports · 7.3% of its reports
- Colic after Detomidine 38 reports · 3.8% of its reports
- Colic after Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 26 reports · 5.0% of its reports
- Colic after Clodronate Disodium 59 reports · 19% of its reports
- Colic after Monensin Sodium 20 reports · 17% of its reports
- Colic after Oxybendazole 54 reports · 49% of its reports
All reported side effects of Flunixin Meglumine in horses · Medicines most reported with colic