Pet Drug Reports

January 2012: 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 4,078 adverse event reports for animal drugs in January 2012. It received 2,741 reports in January 2011. The average of the 12 months before January 2012 is 4,082 reports for each month.

Of the 4,078 reports, 72.7% are about dogs, 8.6% are about cats and 1.1% 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, Jul 2010 to Jul 2012. The column with the outline is January 2012.

Reports by species

  • Dog72.7%2,963
  • Cat8.6%351
  • Horse1.1%45
  • Other species, or species not given17.6%719

Drug pages with reports received in January 2012

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in January 2012, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 51 drug pages.

Show the 51 drug pages
Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in January 2012, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports received in January 2012
Amoxicillin38
Atipamezole Hydrochloride11
Betamethasone Valerate + Clotrimazole + Gentamicin Sulfate15
Carprofen130
Cefovecin sodium48
Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid13
Cephalexin11
Clomipramine Hydrochloride65
Clotrimazole + Gentamicin Sulfate + Mometasone Furoate Monohydrate19
Cyclosporine118
Deracoxib40
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride26
Diphenhydramine13
Doramectin31
Emodepside + Praziquantel34
Enalapril Maleate19
Enrofloxacin29
Eprinomectin14
Febantel + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate25
Fenbendazole20
Firocoxib44
Fluoxetine hydrochloride12
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin102
Insulin24
Ivermectin129
Ivermectin + Praziquantel12
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate31
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate427
Levothyroxine sodium12
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime98
Maropitant31
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride107
Meloxicam136
Milbemycin Oxime280
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad844
Monensin19
Moxidectin83
Nitenpyram26
Orbifloxacin10
Pimobendan19
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate35
Prednisone27
Propofol17
Pyrantel Pamoate25
Selamectin167
Spinosad633
Tiletamine Hydrochloride + Zolazepam Hydrochloride12
Toceranib Phosphate10
Tramadol19
Trilostane42
Tulathromycin20

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 4,078 reports of the month.

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

  1. Emesis[vomiting]18.8%768 reports
  2. Vomiting11.4%465 reports
  3. Ineffective, heartworm larvae[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (heartworm larvae)]9.6%390 reports
  4. Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]7.4%303 reports
  5. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]6.2%254 reports
  6. Anorexia[not eating]6.2%251 reports
  7. Uncoded sign[a sign with no matching dictionary term]5.2%212 reports
  8. Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]4.2%173 reports
  9. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]3.9%161 reports
  10. Ineffective, ascarids NOS[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (ascarids nos)]3.9%159 reports
  11. Unpalatable[legacy FDA term: the animal would not take it]3.7%151 reports
  12. Death3.3%134 reports
  13. Digestive tract disorder NOS[digestive problem, type not specified]3.3%134 reports
  14. Lack of efficacy - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect]3.1%125 reports
Show the next 1 signs
  1. Death by euthanasia[the animal was euthanized]2.7%111 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in January 2012, in order of name. It has 52 ingredients.

Show the 52 ingredients

The same month in other years

Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. January 2012: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2012-01/ 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 January 2012 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 768 reports of the 4,078 reports of January 2012 (18.8%).