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Phenytoin Sedation.
Ataxia.
Anorexia.
Dermal atrophy.
Propylthiouracil Lethargy.
Weakness.
Anorexia.
Bleeding diathesis.
Scopolamine Tendency to cause behavioral changes.
Sodium phosphate Depression.
enemas Ataxia.
Vomiting.
Bloody diarrhea.

Drugs which are therapeutically useful in cats but which may have different
toxicity/activity profiles than in dogs
Aspirin Hypernea.
Hypersensitivity.
Hyperthermia.
Chloramphenicol Anemia.
Digoxin Vomiting.
Anorexia.
Bradycardia.
Arrhythmias.
Doxorubicin Renal failure.
Enrofloxacin Blindness.
Furosemide Dehydration.
Hypokalemia.
Griseofulvin Leukopenia and thrombocytopenia.
Non-reversible ataxia.
Ketoconazole Dry hair coat.
Weight loss.
Lignocaine Myocardial and CNS depression.
Megestrol acetate Mammary hypertrophy and neoplasia.
Cystic endometritis.
Diabetes mellitus.
Methimazole, Anorexia.
carbimazole Vomiting.
Self-induced facial excoriation.
Bleeding diathesis.
Hepatopathy.
Serious hematological side effects.
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