Pet Drug Reports

May 2010: adverse event reports that FDA received

Month in which FDA received the reports

Read this first. FDA says this about the data:

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 3,815 adverse event reports for animal drugs in May 2010. It received 3,453 reports in May 2009. The average of the 12 months before May 2010 is 3,348 reports for each month.

Of the 3,815 reports, 77.3% are about dogs, 8.4% are about cats and 1.5% 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, Nov 2008 to Nov 2010. The column with the outline is May 2010.

Reports by species

  • Dog77.3%2,948
  • Cat8.4%322
  • Horse1.5%58
  • Other species, or species not given12.8%487

Drug pages with reports received in May 2010

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in May 2010, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 38 drug pages.

Show the 38 drug pages
Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in May 2010, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports received in May 2010
Amoxicillin51
Atipamezole Hydrochloride12
Carprofen109
Cefovecin sodium47
Cyclosporine83
Deracoxib43
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride30
Dirlotapide39
Doramectin12
Emodepside + Praziquantel27
Enrofloxacin23
Febantel + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate10
Fenbendazole20
Firocoxib55
Fluoxetine hydrochloride11
Furosemide11
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin114
Insulin49
Ivermectin35
Ivermectin + Praziquantel11
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate63
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate672
Ketamine Hydrochloride21
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime119
Maropitant52
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride98
Meloxicam86
Milbemycin Oxime336
Monensin18
Moxidectin17
Nitenpyram14
Pimobendan12
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate20
Pyrantel Pamoate24
Selamectin274
Spinosad858
Sulfadimethoxine10
Trilostane13

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 3,815 reports of the month.

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

  1. Vomiting22.8%870 reports
  2. Ineffective, heartworm larvae[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (heartworm larvae)]15.6%594 reports
  3. Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]11.5%437 reports
  4. Anorexia[not eating]8.3%315 reports
  5. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]5.5%211 reports
  6. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]5.4%206 reports
  7. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]4.9%186 reports
  8. Accidental exposure[exposure that was not intended]4.5%173 reports
  9. Death3.6%138 reports
  10. Pruritus[itching]3.3%124 reports
  11. Convulsion[seizure]2.9%112 reports
  12. Ataxia[unsteady, uncoordinated movement]2.8%107 reports
  13. Ineffective, ascarids NOS[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (ascarids nos)]2.6%100 reports
  14. Elevated serum alkaline phosphatase (SAP)[a liver and bone enzyme above the normal range]1.9%74 reports
Show the next 1 signs
  1. Unpalatable[legacy FDA term: the animal would not take it]1.9%72 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in May 2010, in order of name. It has 37 ingredients.

Show the 37 ingredients

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. May 2010: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2010-05/ 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 May 2010 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 870 reports of the 3,815 reports of May 2010 (22.8%).