Pet Drug Reports

August 2022: 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 6,303 adverse event reports for animal drugs in August 2022. It received 5,817 reports in August 2021. The average of the 12 months before August 2022 is 4,806 reports for each month.

Of the 6,303 reports, 75.1% are about dogs, 11.6% are about cats and 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, Feb 2021 to Feb 2023. The column with the outline is August 2022.

Reports by species

  • Dog75.1%4,733
  • Cat11.6%728
  • Horse1%63
  • Other species, or species not given12.4%779

Drug pages with reports received in August 2022

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in August 2022, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 84 drug pages.

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Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in August 2022, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports received in August 2022
(S) - methoprene22
Acepromazine Maleate25
Afoxolaner441
Amoxicillin Trihydrate + Clavulanate Potassium20
Atipamezole Hydrochloride10
Bupivacaine13
Buprenorphine145
Butorphanol Tartrate55
Capromorelin32
Carprofen84
Cefovecin sodium66
Cefpodoxime proxetil12
Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid13
Clotrimazole + Gentamicin14
Cyclosporine62
Dexamethasone16
Dexmedetomidine44
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride30
Diphenhydramine19
Doxycycline34
Emodepside + Praziquantel33
Enalapril Maleate14
Enrofloxacin23
Estriol12
Famotidine11
Febantel + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate31
Firocoxib11
Florfenicol + Mometasone furoate + Terbinafine80
Fluoxetine hydrochloride10
Fluralaner641
Fluralaner + Moxidectin75
Furosemide11
Gabapentin50
Gentamicin Sulfate + Hydrocortisone aceponate + Miconazole Nitrate10
Grapiprant50
Hydromorphone12
Imidacloprid131
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin76
Insulin67
Isoflurane56
Ivermectin34
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate15
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate706
Ketamine Hydrochloride42
Ketoconazole10
Levothyroxine sodium11
Lotilaner174
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime56
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel80
Maropitant100
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride83
Meloxicam43
Metronidazole18
Midazolam17
Milbemycin Oxime33
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel306
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad175
Mirtazapine18
Monensin29
Moxidectin374
Moxidectin + Pyrantel Pamoate + Sarolaner17
Nitenpyram164
Oclacitinib171
Omeprazole21
Pimobendan56
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan45
Praziquantel28
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate38
Prednisolone22
Prednisone61
Propofol31
Pyrantel Pamoate18
Pyrantel Pamoate + Sarolaner1,112
Robenacoxib31
Sarolaner116
Sarolaner + Selamectin122
Selamectin98
Sevoflurane13
Sodium Chloride46
Spinosad23
Tigilanol tiglate54
Trilostane76
Tulathromycin15
Verdinexor10

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 6,303 reports of the month.

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

  1. Vomiting14.9%939 reports
  2. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - heartworm[the product did not have the expected effect: heartworm]10.3%647 reports
  3. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]8%503 reports
  4. Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]7.6%481 reports
  5. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]6.1%382 reports
  6. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]5.9%369 reports
  7. Seizure NOS[seizure, type not specified]5.3%336 reports
  8. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - tick NOS[the product did not have the expected effect: ticks]3.7%232 reports
  9. Death3.2%202 reports
  10. Lack of efficacy (bacteria) - Borrelia[the product did not have the expected effect: Borrelia (Lyme disease bacteria)]3.1%195 reports
  11. Not eating2.7%169 reports
  12. Behavioural disorder NOS[behaviour change, type not specified]2.6%162 reports
  13. Anorexia[not eating]2.3%142 reports
  14. Lack of efficacy (bacteria) - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect: target not specified]2%129 reports
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  1. Lack of efficacy - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect]2%126 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in August 2022, in order of name. It has 85 ingredients.

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. August 2022: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2022-08/ 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 2022 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 939 reports of the 6,303 reports of August 2022 (14.9%).