Drug profile
The FDA adverse-event record for Amlodipine
582 adverse-event reports submitted to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine reference Amlodipine. See the species affected, top reactions, and outcomes below.
- 582
- adverse-event reports
- 13.6%
- death-coded share
- Dog
- most-reported species
- 77
- Vomiting - top reaction
Active Ingredients
Administration Routes
Species Affected
Most Affected Breeds
Most Reported Reactions
Outcome Breakdown
Amlodipine Adverse Event Insights
582 reports name Amlodipine; 79 recorded a death outcome (13.6% of reported events, not a population-level mortality rate). Active ingredient: Amlodipine. Administration routes: Oral, Unknown, Topical, Transdermal.
By species: Dog (277 reports), Cat (273 reports), Human (32 reports). By breed: Domestic Shorthair (172), Unknown (33), Terrier - Yorkshire (21).
Leading clinical signs: Vomiting (77), Diarrhoea (71), Weight loss (63), Death by euthanasia (56). Outcome, 582 coded reports: Ongoing leads at 35.1%.
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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