Pet Drug Reports

November 2009: adverse event reports that FDA received

Month in which FDA received the reports

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An API dataset query result cannot be used to estimate the risk associated with the product or compare one drug or device product with another. When looking at the results, be aware that there is no certainty that the reported drug or device caused the adverse event. This dataset should not be the sole source of information for clinical decision-making or other assumptions about the safety or effectiveness of a product. The adverse event may have been related to an underlying disease, other drugs used at the same time or other non-drug related sources.

FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine publishes these words. Source: Adverse Event Reports for Animal Drugs and Devices, read on . The data have the reports that FDA received through .

FDA received 3,131 adverse event reports for animal drugs in November 2009. It received 2,421 reports in November 2008. The average of the 12 months before November 2009 is 3,243 reports for each month.

Of the 3,131 reports, 66.6% are about dogs, 13.7% are about cats and 1.3% are about horses. The other reports are about other species, or give no species. A report is not proof that a drug caused a sign.

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The months before and after

Reports for each month, May 2008 to May 2010. The column with the outline is November 2009.

Reports by species

  • Dog66.6%2,086
  • Cat13.7%430
  • Horse1.3%40
  • Other species, or species not given18.4%575

Drug pages with reports received in November 2009

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in November 2009, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 41 drug pages.

Show the 41 drug pages
Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in November 2009, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports received in November 2009
Amoxicillin138
Betamethasone Valerate + Clotrimazole + Gentamicin Sulfate11
Carprofen126
Cefovecin sodium52
Ceftiofur Sodium11
Clotrimazole + Gentamicin Sulfate + Mometasone Furoate Monohydrate20
Cyclosporine85
Deracoxib54
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride26
Dirlotapide47
Doramectin14
Emodepside + Praziquantel29
Enrofloxacin11
Fenbendazole37
Firocoxib56
Fluoxetine hydrochloride11
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin93
Insulin366
Ivermectin56
Ivermectin + Praziquantel20
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate38
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate461
Lufenuron12
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime69
Maropitant35
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride57
Meloxicam77
Methylprednisolone Acetate11
Milbemycin Oxime209
Monensin11
Moxidectin13
Nitenpyram51
Pimobendan10
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate16
Pyrantel Pamoate20
Pyrantel Tartrate29
Selamectin188
Spinosad259
Sulfadimethoxine10
Tiletamine Hydrochloride + Zolazepam Hydrochloride15
Toceranib Phosphate17

The openFDA records give the value "MSK" for the brand name and for the manufacturer name of each drug. FDA says that MSK means "masked". So the site cannot count a report for a brand.

An API dataset query result cannot be used to estimate the risk associated with the product or compare one drug or device product with another.

Commonly used products may have a higher number of reported adverse events due to the higher total number of animals being given the product.

FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine. Source: Adverse Event Reports for Animal Drugs and Devices

Signs that the reports of the month list

A sign is a coded term from the report. The words in brackets are a plain gloss of the term. The percentage is the share of the 3,131 reports of the month.

The sign that is in the largest number of the reports comes first.

  1. Vomiting14.6%457 reports
  2. Ineffective, heartworm larvae[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (heartworm larvae)]12%376 reports
  3. Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]11.2%352 reports
  4. Anorexia[not eating]8.2%258 reports
  5. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]6.1%192 reports
  6. Suspension, Abnormal[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]4.4%138 reports
  7. Death4.3%136 reports
  8. Hypoglycaemia[low blood sugar]4.3%134 reports
  9. Ineffective, glycemic control[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (glycemic control)]4.2%132 reports
  10. Color, Abnormal[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]4.2%131 reports
  11. Polydipsia[drinking more than usual]4.2%130 reports
  12. Ataxia[unsteady, uncoordinated movement]4.1%129 reports
  13. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]4.1%129 reports
  14. Convulsion[seizure]4%125 reports
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  1. Ineffective, loss of effect[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (loss of effect)]3.9%121 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in November 2009, in order of name. It has 40 ingredients.

Show the 40 ingredients

The same month in other years

Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. November 2009: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2009-11/ Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, openFDA Animal and Veterinary adverse event reports, export of . Reports received through .

Where the data come from

The counts come from the openFDA Animal and Veterinary adverse event files, export of 30 Oct 2026. The files have the reports that the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine received through 26 Jun 2026. The files mask brand and manufacturer names. The site counts a drug by the active ingredients that each record gives, and gives no count to a brand, an application or a company. Ingredient names and the lists of approved products follow the FDA Green Book of 2 Nov 2026. The month is the month in which FDA received the report, not the month of the event.

The site does not publish report text, lot numbers or details of a reporter. FDA's record is the authority. See how the site counts reports, the data sources and the corrections page.

Questions about this month

Can the count for November 2009 change?

Yes. FDA says that a report can take 3 to 6 months to reach the public data. The newest months can get more reports in a later update.

Does the month show when the event occurred?

No. The month is the month in which FDA received the report. The event can be from an earlier month.

Which sign is in the largest number of the reports of the month?

"Vomiting" is in 457 reports of the 3,131 reports of November 2009 (14.6%).