Pet Drug Reports

September 2023: 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 5,074 adverse event reports for animal drugs in September 2023. It received 5,338 reports in September 2022. The average of the 12 months before September 2023 is 5,218 reports for each month.

Of the 5,074 reports, 67.8% are about dogs, 18.2% are about cats and 1.2% 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 2022 to Mar 2024. The column with the outline is September 2023.

Reports by species

  • Dog67.8%3,439
  • Cat18.2%923
  • Horse1.2%60
  • Other species, or species not given12.8%652

Drug pages with reports received in September 2023

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in September 2023, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 89 drug pages.

Show the 89 drug pages
Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in September 2023, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports received in September 2023
(S) - methoprene22
Acepromazine Maleate11
Afoxolaner304
Afoxolaner + Moxidectin + Pyrantel Pamoate33
Alfaxalone10
Amoxicillin + Clavulanate Potassium19
Amoxicillin Trihydrate + Clavulanate Potassium22
Atipamezole Hydrochloride19
Atropine10
Bedinvetmab28
Bexagliflozin87
Bupivacaine16
Buprenorphine107
Butorphanol Tartrate47
Capromorelin34
Carprofen71
Cefovecin sodium77
Cefpodoxime proxetil16
Clotrimazole + Gentamicin14
Cyclosporine53
Dexamethasone17
Dexmedetomidine29
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride19
Diphenhydramine25
Doxycycline25
Emodepside + Praziquantel20
Enrofloxacin23
Eprinomectin + Esafoxolaner + Praziquantel107
Famotidine19
Febantel + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate39
Fenbendazole10
Florfenicol + Mometasone furoate + Terbinafine60
Flunixin Meglumine15
Fluoxetine hydrochloride13
Fluralaner423
Fluralaner + Moxidectin34
Frunevetmab201
Gabapentin114
Grapiprant39
Imidacloprid76
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin67
Insulin67
Isoflurane37
Ivermectin34
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate494
Ketamine Hydrochloride38
Ketoconazole20
Levothyroxine sodium12
Lotilaner120
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime35
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel53
Maropitant129
Medetomidine hydrochloride + Vatinoxan hydrochloride14
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride65
Meloxicam39
Methimazole12
Metronidazole25
Midazolam25
Milbemycin Oxime31
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel224
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad93
Mirtazapine16
Moxidectin320
Moxidectin + Pyrantel Pamoate + Sarolaner12
Nitenpyram138
Oclacitinib136
Omeprazole18
Ondansetron11
Pergolide mesylate10
Pimobendan101
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan25
Praziquantel35
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate17
Prednisolone34
Prednisone52
Propofol27
Pyrantel Pamoate16
Pyrantel Pamoate + Sarolaner840
Robenacoxib43
Sarolaner87
Sarolaner + Selamectin114
Selamectin75
Sevoflurane14
Sodium Chloride37
Spinosad10
Tigilanol tiglate26
Trilostane53
Tulathromycin16
Velagliflozin28

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 5,074 reports of the month.

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

  1. Vomiting12.7%643 reports
  2. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - heartworm[the product did not have the expected effect: heartworm]9.9%503 reports
  3. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]7.3%368 reports
  4. Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]7.2%365 reports
  5. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]6%303 reports
  6. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]5.9%301 reports
  7. Lack of efficacy - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect]5.6%285 reports
  8. Lack of efficacy (bacteria) - Borrelia[the product did not have the expected effect: Borrelia (Lyme disease bacteria)]3.7%189 reports
  9. Seizure NOS[seizure, type not specified]3.1%159 reports
  10. Not eating3.1%157 reports
  11. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - roundworm NOS[the product did not have the expected effect: roundworms]2.8%142 reports
  12. Death2.7%139 reports
  13. Behavioural disorder NOS[behaviour change, type not specified]2.3%118 reports
  14. Weight loss2.2%111 reports
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  1. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - tapeworm[the product did not have the expected effect: tapeworms]2.1%109 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in September 2023, in order of name. It has 87 ingredients.

Show the 87 ingredients

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. September 2023: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2023-09/ 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 2023 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 643 reports of the 5,074 reports of September 2023 (12.7%).