Drug profile

The FDA adverse-event record for Bupivacaine Liposome

120 FDA reports name Bupivacaine Liposome, a high-volume drug in the CVM extract. Species, reactions, and outcomes follow.

#708 of 2,679
by report volume (all drugs)
120
adverse-event reports
5.0%
death-coded share
Unknown
most-reported species

Corpus placement

According to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA adverse-event extract, Bupivacaine Liposome ranks #708 of 2679 by total reports (120) and #792 of 1130 by death-coded share (5.0%). National dual: Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad is #1 of 2679 drugs by total adverse-event reports (149,624) at death-coded-share rank 965 of 1130 drugs with at least 50 reports (2.3%); separately, Atlantic Salmon Transgenic Whole (Opafp-Ghc2 Rdna Construct Inserted Into The A-Locus In The Eo-1A Lineage) is #1 highest death-coded share at 97.8% (report rank #821).

149,624
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad reports (#1)
97.8%
Atlantic Salmon Transgenic Whole (Opafp-Ghc2 Rdna Construct Inserted Into The A-Locus In The Eo-1A Lineage) death share (#1)
#708
This drug, reports of 2679
#792
This drug, death share of 1130

Report volume reflects how common a breed or drug is and how often owners and vets file — not actual risk. Death-coded share ranks are limited to entries with enough reports to be meaningful. The two maps do not agree at #1.

Release-over-release change

What changed in the latest FDA data snapshot

PlainBreed reconstructed the prior snapshot from dated openFDA partitions through 2025 Q4, then compared it with the 2026-07-27 openFDA export. Bupivacaine Liposome has 120 reports now versus 102 in that prior snapshot: 18 more (17.6%).

Report change
+18
Death-coded reports
+1
Death-coded share
+0.1 pts

This compares reported-event counts in two source snapshots. It does not establish a change in real-world risk, product safety, or disease incidence.

Subscribe to Bupivacaine Liposome changes

Signature read: 120 reports place Bupivacaine Liposome in the upper third of FDA AER volume (#708 of 2,679).

Important: Adverse event reports do not establish that a drug caused or contributed to the event. Consult your veterinarian before making treatment decisions.
120
Total Reports
6
Deaths Reported
5.0%
Death-coded share of reports

Active Ingredients

Bupivacaine Liposome

Administration Routes

UnknownOtherParenteralSubcutaneousIntraocularTopicalIntravenousIntra-Articular

Species Affected

Unknown 61
Dog 48
Cat 6
Human 5

Most Affected Breeds

Unknown 66
Dog (unknown) 8
Retriever - Labrador 6
Siberian Husky 3
Shih Tzu 3
Shar Pei 2
Shiba Inu 2
Shepherd Dog - German 2
Spaniel - Cocker American 1
Cat (other) 1

Most Reported Reactions

Vials, Damaged 19
Closure, Abnormal 14
Suspension, Abnormal 14
Incorrect storage of drug 14
Vials, Leaking 12
Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in Neurological) 8
Injection site bruising 7
Shaking 6
Behavioural disorder NOS 5
Containers, Damaged 5
Not eating 5
Restlessness 4

Outcome Breakdown

Recovered/Normal
30 (50.8%)
Outcome Unknown
12 (20.3%)
Ongoing
11 (18.6%)
Died
3 (5.1%)
Euthanized
3 (5.1%)

Bupivacaine Liposome: low death-coded share in the FDA AER row

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.

High-volume nationwide drug peers

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Bupivacaine Liposome, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other drugs by FDA report count (120 here).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other drugs by death-coded share (5.0% here), distinct from the volume row.

What to do with this drug

A report does not prove a drug caused the reaction; consult a veterinarian before acting on this data.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Bupivacaine Liposome (#708 of 2,679 by report volume); death-coded 5.0%. PlainBreed drug row · report volume stamp 120 · vintage 2025.

Informational only. FDA adverse-event reports are voluntary and do not prove causation; consult a veterinarian before acting on them. Verify with FDA CVM →