Drug profile

The FDA adverse-event record for Hyaluronate Sodium

721 FDA reports name Hyaluronate Sodium, a high-volume drug in the CVM extract. Species, reactions, and outcomes follow.

#227 of 2,679
by report volume (all drugs)
721
adverse-event reports
3.6%
death-coded share
Unknown
most-reported species

Corpus placement

According to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA adverse-event extract, Hyaluronate Sodium ranks #227 of 2679 by total reports (721) and #876 of 1130 by death-coded share (3.6%). 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)
#227
This drug, reports of 2679
#876
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. Hyaluronate Sodium has 721 reports now versus 706 in that prior snapshot: 15 more (2.1%).

Report change
+15
Death-coded reports
+8
Death-coded share
+1.1 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 Hyaluronate Sodium changes

Signature read: 721 reports place Hyaluronate Sodium in the upper third of FDA AER volume (#227 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.
721
Total Reports
26
Deaths Reported
3.6%
Death-coded share of reports

Active Ingredients

Hyaluronate Sodium

Administration Routes

UnknownIntra-ArticularIntravenousIntramuscularOtherOphthalmicParenteralIntraocularAuricular (Otic)Topical

Species Affected

Unknown 423
Horse 283
Dog 11
Human 2
Rabbit 1
Cat 1

Most Affected Breeds

Unknown 481
Quarter Horse 56
Horse (unknown) 50
Warmblood (unspecified) 21
Thoroughbred 19
Warmblood - Dutch 10
Horse (other) 9
Standardbred - American 8
Arab 7
Paint 6

Most Reported Reactions

Stopper, abnormal 101
Syringe, Abnormal 96
Lameness 88
Product syringe issue 71
Uncoded sign 64
Illness NOS 46
No sign 32
Joint swelling 29
Joint effusion 29
Synovitis 23
Injection site swelling 23
Joint inflammation 21

Outcome Breakdown

Recovered/Normal
114 (41.9%)
Outcome Unknown
89 (32.7%)
Ongoing
40 (14.7%)
Euthanized
15 (5.5%)
Died
11 (4.0%)
Recovered with Sequela
3 (1.1%)

Hyaluronate Sodium: 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 Hyaluronate Sodium, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other drugs by FDA report count (721 here).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other drugs by death-coded share (3.6% 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 Hyaluronate Sodium (#227 of 2,679 by report volume); death-coded 3.6%. PlainBreed drug row · report volume stamp 721 · 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 →