Pet Drug Reports

August 2011: 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 5,102 adverse event reports for animal drugs in August 2011. It received 4,213 reports in August 2010. The average of the 12 months before August 2011 is 3,771 reports for each month.

Of the 5,102 reports, 77.8% are about dogs, 8.6% 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, Feb 2010 to Feb 2012. The column with the outline is August 2011.

Reports by species

  • Dog77.8%3,967
  • Cat8.6%439
  • Horse1.3%65
  • Other species, or species not given12.4%631

Drug pages with reports received in August 2011

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in August 2011, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 43 drug pages.

Show the 43 drug pages
Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in August 2011, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports received in August 2011
Amoxicillin55
Atipamezole Hydrochloride10
Carprofen110
Cefovecin sodium55
Cefpodoxime proxetil11
Clotrimazole + Gentamicin53
Clotrimazole + Gentamicin Sulfate + Mometasone Furoate Monohydrate20
Cyclosporine100
Deracoxib44
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride19
Dirlotapide14
Emodepside + Praziquantel37
Enalapril Maleate15
Enrofloxacin30
Febantel + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate15
Fenbendazole29
Firocoxib40
Fluoxetine hydrochloride18
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin158
Insulin12
Ivermectin52
Ivermectin + Praziquantel11
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate51
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate501
Ketamine Hydrochloride24
Lufenuron23
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime111
Maropitant43
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride93
Meloxicam75
Milbemycin Oxime242
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad1,036
Monensin16
Moxidectin67
Nitenpyram63
Oxytetracycline11
Pimobendan27
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate35
Pyrantel Pamoate17
Selamectin269
Spinosad1,152
Trilostane19
Tulathromycin14

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 5,102 reports of the month.

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

  1. Emesis[vomiting]18.4%938 reports
  2. Vomiting16.7%854 reports
  3. Ineffective, heartworm larvae[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (heartworm larvae)]9.3%474 reports
  4. Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]7.3%374 reports
  5. Anorexia[not eating]6%307 reports
  6. Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]5.8%295 reports
  7. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]5.5%281 reports
  8. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]5.5%281 reports
  9. Lack of efficacy - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect]4.9%252 reports
  10. Death3.3%168 reports
  11. Accidental exposure[exposure that was not intended]3.2%164 reports
  12. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]3.1%156 reports
  13. Pruritus[itching]3%155 reports
  14. Unpalatable[legacy FDA term: the animal would not take it]2.9%150 reports
Show the next 1 signs
  1. Ataxia[unsteady, uncoordinated movement]2.5%129 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in August 2011, in order of name. It has 41 ingredients.

Show the 41 ingredients

The same month in other years

Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. August 2011: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2011-08/ 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 August 2011 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?

"Emesis" is in 938 reports of the 5,102 reports of August 2011 (18.4%).