Prescription Renal Diet

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133 adverse event reports submitted to the FDA

Important: Adverse event reports do not establish that a drug caused or contributed to the event. Consult your veterinarian before making treatment decisions.
133
Total Reports
13
Deaths Reported
980.0%
Death Rate

Active Ingredients

Prescription Renal Diet

Administration Routes

UnknownOralSubcutaneous

Species Affected

Cat 89
Dog 44

Most Affected Breeds

Domestic Shorthair 54
Cat (unknown) 12
Domestic Longhair 10
Shih Tzu 5
Domestic Mediumhair 4
Siamese 3
Shepherd Dog - Australian 2
Terrier - Jack Russell 2
Dog (unknown) 2
Chihuahua 2

Most Reported Reactions

Weight loss 34
Elevated creatinine 24
Elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) 21
Lack of efficacy - NOS 20
Vomiting 19
Behavioural disorder NOS 15
Decreased haematocrit 15
Elevated symmetrical dimethylarginine (SDMA) 14
Not eating 13
Death by euthanasia 12
Diarrhoea 12
Other abnormal test result NOS 12

Outcome Breakdown

Ongoing
57 (42.9%)
Outcome Unknown
44 (33.1%)
Recovered/Normal
19 (14.3%)
Euthanized
11 (8.3%)
Died
2 (1.5%)

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total adverse event reports 133
Reports involving death 13
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 980.0%
Distinct species in reports 2
Distinct breeds in reports 20
Distinct reactions reported 20
Active ingredients on file 1

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER). Counts reflect voluntary reports only.

Prescription Renal Diet Adverse Event Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently holds 133 adverse event reports referencing Prescription Renal Diet, including 13 reports in which the animal died — a 980.0% case-fatality figure among reported events only, not a population-level mortality rate. Active ingredient on file: Prescription Renal Diet. Reported administration routes include Unknown, Oral, Subcutaneous. These numbers reflect voluntary submissions from pet owners, veterinarians, and manufacturers and therefore under-represent mild events and over-represent severe ones — a pattern the FDA has documented repeatedly for pharmacovigilance datasets.

The species most frequently named in Prescription Renal Diet reports are Cat (89 reports), Dog (44 reports), with Cat accounting for the largest share. Within those species, Domestic Shorthair (54), Cat (unknown) (12), Domestic Longhair (10) appear most often — though breed popularity and ownership density shape these counts as much as any drug-specific sensitivity. This distribution matters because the same active ingredient can behave very differently across body sizes, ages, and species physiology.

The most commonly reported clinical signs associated with Prescription Renal Diet are Weight loss (34), Elevated creatinine (24), Elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) (21), Lack of efficacy - NOS (20). Of the 133 reports with a coded outcome, Ongoing is the leading category at 42.9%. Because FDA adverse event data describes correlation rather than causation, these figures are best used to frame informed questions with a veterinarian and to compare reporting patterns across related products — not as a standalone safety verdict on Prescription Renal Diet.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports Data reflects voluntary submissions and may not represent actual incidence rates

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Data sourced from official AKC, AVMA, ACVO, and breed-club veterinary references. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBreed Editorial