My dog is vomiting and has diarrhea on prednisone and doxycycline.

Both doxycycline and prednisone can cause vomiting and diarrhea. I am not sure of the dose that your dog is on but maybe your vet could adjust the dose so he has less gastrointestinal problems. Feeding the medication with a meal can sometimes help with the gastrointestinal side effects so make sure to give with food. Your vet could also prescribe an anti-vomiting medication, probiotic, and GI protectant which may help, too. At this point, If he is just going to vomit the medication than it doesn't make sense to give it. You should wait and see if your vet can prescribe additional medications to help with the vomiting and diarrhea. If the vomiting and diarrhea has stopped, you could try to give one medication at a time with food and see how he does.

Hi, thanks for using Boop by Petco! Poor Chlyo, this has been a tough week for him I recommend calling your Vet. Maalox is not my first choice to fix diarrhea and vomiting. Doxycycline is an antibiotic notorious for causing tummy upset, regardless if you accidentally gave too much. High doses of steroids can cause tummy upset. Prednisone can not be abruptly stopped and needs to be weaned and in Chlyo's case is likely needed to save his life if he has immune mediated hemolytic anemia. There are other antibiotic choices to rule out tick borne disease causing his immune disease. My recommendations is to call your Vet and have Chlyo seen again today. If he was my patient I would use cerenia, metronidazole and have him on prilosec or famotidine (pepcid). I would not stop or wean the prednisone unless his red blood cell count was normal. I would temporarily stop the doxycycline until he is eating and the stool is better and consider amoxicillin instead. We can not tell you want to do on B

It could be either. To start, I would call your vet now about stopping the Prednisone. Some dogs can be sensitive to the steroids and it could be causing damage to the stomach/intestines. I would recommend taking Puppy to the vet for evaluation if the diarrhea last longer than 24 hours, or sooner if there is vomiting or lethargy. Other causes of bloody diarrhea could include bacterial or viral infection, HGE, IBD, intestinal parasites, among others.

The extra dose probably caused the vomiting. Doxycycline does cause vomiting as a side effect. If the vomiting resolves, then I would not be concerned. If the vomiting persists, contact your veterinarian.

Considering the presence of lethargy, associated with the vomiting episodes I would recommend an immediate check up. Yes ideally a gradual reduction in prednisone dosage gives adrenal glands time to resume their normal function. Hope this answer was helpful, but please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.

When the vomiting does not stop and there is nothing left in the stomach to throw up except bile (a yellow fluid). It is important you take your pet to a veterinarian in these types of cases to get some relief, the vet can give her anti emetic to help stop the vomiting). gastrointestinal signs such as vomiting and diarrhea can be side effects of Apoquel . Also changes in prednisone dose (if there were any?) can have an effect as it is a drug that should not stop abruptly and the tapering of the dose needs to be very slow. So if there was for example a reduction too fast in the prednisone dose that could also cause vomiting as part of Addisonal crisis which is an emergency. Bottom line if she does not stop vomiting or she seems very lethargic and weak in the next hour take her to the emergency vet but if the vomit subside and she gets back to her normal self then go first thing in the morning.

It is possible this is due to the prednisone. I would recommend starting her on some gastro protectants such as sucralfate and famotidine as well as a probiotic. We are not allowed to give dosages online so you will need to call your veterinarian. I hope she feels better!

Poor Lexi! Given that it started on Sunday when she had the antibiotic, it could be from that as some dogs do develop gastrointestinal side effects (decreased appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, etc) to antibiotics. Check with your veterinarian how important is her antibiotic at this stage in the treatment protocol and if stopping it based on how severe her kennel cough was, is even an option. Otherwise, have her examine by your veterinarian to ensure nothing else more serious is going. Keeping my fingers crossed for your girl'

It would be unusual to see diarrhea as a side effect of prednisone, so I would suspect fat something else may be causing it. If your dog is acting normal otherwise, you can try withholding food for the next 12-24 hours and then feeding plain boiled chicken and white rice for the next few days. If this doesn't help, or if she develops any other symptoms such as vomiting, acting lethargic, or not wanting to eat, then I would recommend having her examined by a vet as she may have a more serious problem.

Hello. No, these medications generally do not cause a lack of energy. I wonder if she just knows she needs to rest to get over her infection. As long as she seems to be healing, keep her on her medications & perhaps discuss this with your veterinarian on Monday. I hope Chicken Noodle ( great name ) is feeling better soon & thanks for contacting Boop by Petco.