Pet Drug Reports

Collapse NOS: in adverse event reports for animal drugs

Clinical sign, a VeDDRA term

In plain words: NOS: not otherwise specified.

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 .

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From March 1997 to June 2026, FDA received 3,723 adverse event reports for animal drugs that list this sign. That is 0.3% of the 1,378,761 reports that FDA received from January 1987 to June 2026. In the 12 months to June 2026, FDA received 325 reports that list this sign.

Of the 3,723 reports, 87.2% are about dogs. A report can list more than one sign and more than one drug. A report is not proof that a drug caused a sign.

By number of reports in all years, this sign is number 170 of 1,149 clinical signs with a page. Reports that list this sign fell by 15.1% in the 12 months to June 2026, compared with the 12 months before. Reports for all animal drugs fell by 4.6% in the same periods. The newest months can get more reports in a later update. Reports about dogs are 87.2% of the reports that list this sign, and 72.6% of all reports.

Drug pages with reports that list this sign

The table has every drug page with 20 or more reports that list this sign, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 71 drug pages.

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Drug pages with 20 or more reports that list this sign, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports that list the sign
Acepromazine Maleate28
Afoxolaner241
Afoxolaner + Moxidectin + Pyrantel Pamoate32
Amoxicillin + Clavulanate Potassium21
Amoxicillin Trihydrate + Clavulanate Potassium34
Atipamezole Hydrochloride31
Bedinvetmab304
Buprenorphine49
Butorphanol Tartrate74
Capromorelin28
Carprofen202
Cefovecin sodium139
Cefpodoxime proxetil35
Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid41
Clindamycin21
Cyclosporine51
Deracoxib37
Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate25
Detomidine Hydrochloride23
Dexamethasone115
Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate32
Dexmedetomidine21
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride24
Diphenhydramine141
Doxycycline61
Enalapril Maleate21
Enrofloxacin46
Famotidine63
Firocoxib27
Fluralaner230
Frunevetmab34
Furosemide34
Gabapentin187
Grapiprant58
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin26
Insulin48
Isoflurane29
Ivermectin41
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate24
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate161
Ketamine Hydrochloride24
Levothyroxine sodium24
Lotilaner47
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime33
Maropitant264
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride207
Meloxicam38
Metronidazole55
Midazolam24
Milbemycin Oxime42
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel76
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad191
Mirtazapine24
Moxidectin678
Nitenpyram23
Oclacitinib131
Omeprazole24
Pimobendan76
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan63
Prednisolone32
Prednisone145
Propofol29
Pyrantel Pamoate47
Pyrantel Pamoate + Sarolaner114
Sarolaner83
Selamectin55
Spinosad46
Sucralfate34
Tramadol65
Trazodone31
Trilostane152

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. A report can name more than one drug.

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.

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. Source: Adverse Event Reports for Animal Drugs and Devices

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 20 or more reports that list this sign, in order of name. It has 71 ingredients.

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Reports by species

The share is of the 3,723 reports that list this sign. The sign is in 0.3% of all reports about the species dog. The sign is in 0.2% of all reports about the species cat.

Reports by month and by year

Reports for each month, Jul 2021 to Jun 2026. The month is the month in which FDA received the report.

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.

Reports that list Collapse NOS, by the year in which FDA received them
YearReports
2026189
2025323
2024362
2023210
2022249
2021315
2020314
2019340
2018314
2017246
2016159
2015185
2014184
2013144
2012136
201125
20107
20091
20085
20061
20053
20043
20033
20012
20001
19972

What these reports record

Outcome at the time of the report

  • Reports with this sign
  • All reports
  • Recovered/Normal28.1%1,045, All reports: 20.7%
  • Recovered with Sequela[recovered, with a lasting effect]1.3%47, All reports: 2.3%
  • Ongoing26.6%990, All reports: 17.4%
  • Died20.4%759, All reports: 4.9%
  • Euthanized11.1%413, All reports: 1.5%
  • Outcome Unknown13%485, All reports: 22.7%

An outcome in a report is not proof that the drug caused it. The person who sends the report gives the outcome. Each share is of the 3,723 reports that list this sign.

Age of the animal

  • Reports with this sign
  • All reports
  • Under 1 year7.7%286, All reports: 9.5%
  • 1 to 3 years24.3%904, All reports: 23.9%
  • 4 to 7 years17.6%656, All reports: 20.2%
  • 8 to 11 years22.7%846, All reports: 15.4%
  • 12 years and over24%894, All reports: 10.7%
  • Age not given3.7%137, All reports: 20.3%

The outcome is for the full report, not for this sign only.

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. Collapse NOS: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/reaction/collapse-nos/ 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 site counts the different spellings of one VeDDRA term together.

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 sign

What does this term mean in a report?

In plain words: NOS: not otherwise specified. It is a term from VeDDRA, the list of terms that FDA and drug companies use to code a report. The person who coded the report selected the term.

How does the count of the latest 12 months compare with the 12 months before?

FDA received 325 reports in the 12 months to June 2026. It received 383 reports in the 12 months before. 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.

How many of these reports have a serious flag?

Of the 3,648 reports that say if the event was serious, 90.2% have the serious flag. The person who sends a report sets the flag.

Does a drug in the table cause this sign?

The reports do not show that. A report can name more than one drug. FDA states this about the data.

When looking at the results, be aware that there is no certainty that the reported drug or device caused the adverse event.

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. Source: Adverse Event Reports for Animal Drugs and Devices