Drug profile
The FDA adverse-event record for Acetylcysteine Solution
17 adverse-event reports submitted to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine reference Acetylcysteine Solution. See the species affected, top reactions, and outcomes below.
- 17
- adverse-event reports
- 64.7%
- death-coded share
- Dog
- most-reported species
- 11
- Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) - top reaction
Active Ingredients
Administration Routes
Species Affected
Most Affected Breeds
Most Reported Reactions
Outcome Breakdown
Acetylcysteine Solution Adverse Event Insights
17 reports name Acetylcysteine Solution; 11 recorded a death outcome (64.7% of reported events, not a population-level mortality rate). Active ingredient: Acetylcysteine Solution. Administration routes: Unknown, Intravenous.
By species: Dog (17 reports). By breed: Retriever - Labrador (9), Shar Pei (1), Mixed (Dog) (1).
Leading clinical signs: Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (11), Elevated total bilirubin (10), Vomiting (9), Elevated serum alkaline phosphatase (SAP) (9). Outcome, 17 coded reports: Euthanized leads at 35.3%.
Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, a widely-prescribed drug will rack up more raw FDA reports in a given year than a rarely-used one at an identical true rate, so we recommend comparing within similar-exposure products rather than across the full 2025 catalog.
Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025
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