Pet Drug Reports

September 2012: 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 5,629 adverse event reports for animal drugs in September 2012. It received 4,462 reports in September 2011. The average of the 12 months before September 2012 is 5,143 reports for each month.

Of the 5,629 reports, 77.4% are about dogs, 8.9% are about cats and 0.7% 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, Mar 2011 to Mar 2013. The column with the outline is September 2012.

Reports by species

  • Dog77.4%4,357
  • Cat8.9%502
  • Horse0.7%41
  • Other species, or species not given13%729

Drug pages with reports received in September 2012

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in September 2012, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 75 drug pages.

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Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in September 2012, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports received in September 2012
(S) - methoprene49
Acepromazine Maleate13
Amitraz + (S) - methoprene16
Amoxicillin18
Amoxicillin Trihydrate + Clavulanate Potassium40
Buprenorphine21
Butorphanol Tartrate19
Carprofen127
Cefovecin sodium76
Cefpodoxime proxetil29
Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid15
Cephalexin40
Clomipramine Hydrochloride26
Clotrimazole + Gentamicin Sulfate + Mometasone Furoate Monohydrate14
Cyclosporine185
Deracoxib17
Dexamethasone20
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride24
Diphenhydramine44
Doramectin14
Doxycycline16
Emodepside + Praziquantel17
Enalapril Maleate15
Enrofloxacin43
Famotidine29
Febantel + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate14
Fenbendazole35
Firocoxib76
Furosemide17
Gentamicin Sulfate + Hydrocortisone aceponate + Miconazole Nitrate17
Hydroxyzine19
Imidacloprid24
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin153
Insulin32
Isoflurane19
Ivermectin142
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate82
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate564
Ketamine Hydrochloride10
Ketoconazole25
Levothyroxine sodium39
Lufenuron10
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime53
Marbofloxacin10
Maropitant48
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride83
Meloxicam112
Metoclopramide13
Metronidazole26
Milbemycin Oxime129
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad2,121
Monensin14
Moxidectin71
Nitenpyram78
Omeprazole12
Orbifloxacin12
Phenobarbital11
Pimobendan23
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan11
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate40
Prednisolone10
Prednisolone + Trimeprazine Tartrate23
Prednisone71
Propofol20
Pyrantel Pamoate24
Robenacoxib19
Selamectin245
Spinosad943
Sucralfate14
Tilmicosin Phosphate11
Toceranib Phosphate12
Tramadol48
Triamcinolone Acetonide18
Trilostane47
Tulathromycin12

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 5,629 reports of the month.

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

  1. Emesis[vomiting]25.4%1,432 reports
  2. Vomiting13%729 reports
  3. Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]11.3%635 reports
  4. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]6.7%379 reports
  5. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]6.2%349 reports
  6. Lack of efficacy - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect]5.5%310 reports
  7. Ineffective, heartworm larvae[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (heartworm larvae)]4.9%276 reports
  8. Anorexia[not eating]3.8%212 reports
  9. Behavioural disorder NOS[behaviour change, type not specified]3%171 reports
  10. Unpalatable[legacy FDA term: the animal would not take it]3%168 reports
  11. Other abnormal test result NOS[abnormal laboratory result, type not specified]2.9%163 reports
  12. Digestive tract disorder NOS[digestive problem, type not specified]2.9%162 reports
  13. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]2.9%161 reports
  14. Uncoded sign[a sign with no matching dictionary term]2.8%156 reports
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  1. Death2.7%150 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in September 2012, in order of name. It has 77 ingredients.

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. September 2012: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2012-09/ 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 September 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 1,432 reports of the 5,629 reports of September 2012 (25.4%).