Drug profile
The FDA adverse-event record for Ketoprofen
120 adverse-event reports submitted to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine reference Ketoprofen. See the species affected, top reactions, and outcomes below.
- 120
- adverse-event reports
- 27.5%
- death-coded share
- Dog
- most-reported species
- 32
- Vomiting - top reaction
Active Ingredients
Administration Routes
Species Affected
Most Affected Breeds
Most Reported Reactions
Outcome Breakdown
Ketoprofen Adverse Event Insights
120 reports name Ketoprofen; 33 recorded a death outcome (27.5% of reported events, not a population-level mortality rate). Active ingredient: Ketoprofen. Administration routes: Unknown, Subcutaneous, Parenteral, Intravenous.
By species: Dog (74 reports), Cat (30 reports), Unknown (6 reports). By breed: Domestic Shorthair (24), Retriever - Labrador (22), Unknown (10).
Leading clinical signs: Vomiting (32), Death (22), Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') (22), Elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) (19). Outcome, 106 coded reports: Ongoing leads at 28.3%.
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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