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The FDA adverse-event record for Flea And Tick Shampoo

166 FDA reports name Flea And Tick Shampoo, a high-volume drug in the CVM extract. Species, reactions, and outcomes follow.

#592 of 2,679
by report volume (all drugs)
166
adverse-event reports
1.2%
death-coded share
Dog
most-reported species

Corpus placement

According to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA adverse-event extract, Flea And Tick Shampoo ranks #592 of 2679 by total reports (166) and #1054 of 1130 by death-coded share (1.2%). 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)
#592
This drug, reports of 2679
#1054
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. Flea And Tick Shampoo has 166 reports now versus 162 in that prior snapshot: 4 more (2.5%).

Report change
+4
Death-coded reports
+0
Death-coded share
−0.0 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.

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Signature read: Flea And Tick Shampoo's 1.2% death-coded share is among the lowest in the openFDA drug corpus.

Important: Adverse event reports do not establish that a drug caused or contributed to the event. Consult your veterinarian before making treatment decisions.
166
Total Reports
2
Deaths Reported
1.2%
Death-coded share of reports

Active Ingredients

Flea And Tick Shampoo

Administration Routes

TopicalCutaneousUnknownOther

Species Affected

Dog 139
Cat 27

Most Affected Breeds

Chihuahua 20
Dog (unknown) 14
Domestic Shorthair 14
Crossbred Canine/dog 13
Retriever - Labrador 8
Shih Tzu 5
Poodle (unspecified) 5
Terrier - Yorkshire 5
Shepherd Dog - German 5
Cat (unknown) 5

Most Reported Reactions

Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea 97
Lack of efficacy (flea) 30
Product label issues 16
Pruritus 10
Lack of efficacy - NOS 9
Vocalisation 9
Overdose 9
Itching 8
Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 7
Behavioural disorder NOS 6
Scratching 6
Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - tick NOS 4

Outcome Breakdown

Outcome Unknown
136 (81.9%)
Recovered/Normal
14 (8.4%)
Ongoing
14 (8.4%)
Died
1 (0.6%)
Euthanized
1 (0.6%)

Flea And Tick Shampoo: 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 Flea And Tick Shampoo, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

What to do with this drug

  • Compare Flea And Tick Shampoo's report volume and death-coded share against similar drugs nationwide. See similar drugs
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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 Flea And Tick Shampoo (#592 of 2,679 by report volume); death-coded 1.2%. PlainBreed drug row · death-coded share stamp 1.2% · vintage 2025.

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