Drug profile
The FDA adverse-event record for Aluminum Hydroxide
81 adverse-event reports submitted to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine reference Aluminum Hydroxide. See the species affected, top reactions, and outcomes below.
- 81
- adverse-event reports
- 28.4%
- death-coded share
- Dog
- most-reported species
- 14
- Death by euthanasia - top reaction
Active Ingredients
Administration Routes
Species Affected
Most Affected Breeds
Most Reported Reactions
Outcome Breakdown
Aluminum Hydroxide Adverse Event Insights
81 reports name Aluminum Hydroxide; 23 recorded a death outcome (28.4% of reported events, not a population-level mortality rate). Active ingredient: Aluminum Hydroxide. Administration routes: Oral, Unknown.
By species: Dog (58 reports), Cat (22 reports), Human (1 reports). By breed: Domestic Shorthair (11), Terrier - Yorkshire (7), Shih Tzu (6).
Leading clinical signs: Death by euthanasia (14), Other abnormal test result NOS (12), Lack of efficacy - NOS (11), Ataxia (11). Outcome, 81 coded reports: Ongoing leads at 28.4%.
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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