Most-Reported Pet Medication & Product Reactions

Updated 2026-07-23 · counted directly from the source data — every number is reproducible.

From the 500 most recent adverse-event reports for dogs and cats in the FDA's openFDA veterinary database. A report is an owner's or vet's account, not a confirmed causal link — the FDA publishes them for surveillance, and so do we.

Most-reported reactions — dogs (419 reports)

#	Reaction	Reports
1	Vomiting	59
2	Medication error NOS	48
3	Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - heartworm	42
4	Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in Neurological)	36
5	Diarrhoea	35
6	Lack of efficacy (bacteria) - Borrelia	33
7	Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm	31
8	Seizure NOS	28
9	Intentional misuse	26
10	Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - roundworm NOS	24

Most-reported reactions — cats (81 reports)

#	Reaction	Reports
1	Ataxia	8
2	Medication error NOS	7
3	Not eating	6
4	Weight loss	6
5	Application site hair loss	5
6	Application site alopecia	5
7	Skin scab	5
8	Emesis (multiple)	4
9	Behavioural disorder NOS	4
10	Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in Neurological)	4

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