Drug profile

The FDA adverse-event record for Pyrantel Embonate, Praziquantel

104 FDA reports name Pyrantel Embonate, Praziquantel, a high-volume drug in the CVM extract. Species, reactions, and outcomes follow.

#768 of 2,679
by report volume (all drugs)
104
adverse-event reports
5.8%
death-coded share
Cat
most-reported species

Corpus placement

According to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA adverse-event extract, Pyrantel Embonate, Praziquantel ranks #765 of 2679 by total reports (104) and #747 of 1130 by death-coded share (5.8%). 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)
#765
This drug, reports of 2679
#747
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. Pyrantel Embonate, Praziquantel has 104 reports now versus 104 in that prior snapshot: 0 the same number of (0.0%).

Report change
+0
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: 104 reports place Pyrantel Embonate, Praziquantel in the upper third of FDA AER volume (#768 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.
104
Total Reports
6
Deaths Reported
5.8%
Death-coded share of reports

Active Ingredients

Pyrantel Embonate, Praziquantel

Administration Routes

OralUnknownTopical

Species Affected

Cat 91
Unknown 9
Dog 3
Other 1

Most Affected Breeds

Domestic Shorthair 57
Cat (unknown) 12
Unknown 10
Domestic Mediumhair 6
Domestic Longhair 4
Maine Coon 2
Siamese 2
Domestic (unspecified) 2
Oriental 2
Dog (unknown) 2

Most Reported Reactions

Ataxia 27
Vomiting 24
Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in Neurological) 11
Behavioural disorder NOS 8
Diarrhoea 7
Other abnormal test result NOS 6
UNPALATABLE 5
Wobbliness 5
Weight gain 4
Death 4
Emesis (multiple) 4
Not eating 4

Outcome Breakdown

Outcome Unknown
37 (38.5%)
Recovered/Normal
31 (32.3%)
Ongoing
22 (22.9%)
Died
4 (4.2%)
Euthanized
2 (2.1%)

Pyrantel Embonate, Praziquantel: 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 Pyrantel Embonate, Praziquantel, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

What to do with this drug

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

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Pyrantel Embonate, Praziquantel (#768 of 2,679 by report volume); death-coded 5.8%. PlainBreed drug row · report volume stamp 104 · vintage 2025.

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