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My dog has rapid breathing after allergy meds. Should I worry?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Large (61lb +) | Male | neutered | 5 years and 4 months old | 132.84 lbs

My 5.5 year bull arab corss dog has rapud breathing since we started allergy medication. We got him checked by the vet who said they could not find a reason. Should i be concerned? Medication includes: Macrolone, ketoconazole and cephalexin.

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on January 21st, 2019

It's a very unusual combination of medixation that is meant to shoot everywhere in hope that one of the medications works, i personally don't like this aproach and as Ketoconazole (antifungal) and Macrolone (steroids) can potentially hurt the liver, heart and kidneys i would not recommend to continue using both of them at the same time given the fact that Ollie has developed this symptom that ould potentially be a sign of pain or heart condition.

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