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232 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.
232
Total Reports
0
Deaths Reported
0.0%
Death Rate

Active Ingredients

Vetpen Starter Kit

Administration Routes

UnknownSubcutaneous

Species Affected

Unknown 230
Dog 2

Most Affected Breeds

Unknown 230
Schnauzer - Miniature 1
Terrier - Yorkshire 1

Most Reported Reactions

Product Defect, General 107
Product problem 79
Difficulty of Use 75
Dispenser, Abnormal 54
Device Defective NOS 48
Administration device NOS, malfunction 47
Product syringe issue 22
Defect Unknown/Not Specified 18
Syringe, Abnormal 13
Containers, Leaking 12
Uncoded sign 5
Administration device NOS, abnormal 5

Outcome Breakdown

Recovered/Normal
1 (50.0%)
Ongoing
1 (50.0%)

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total adverse event reports 232
Reports involving death 0
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 0.0%
Distinct species in reports 2
Distinct breeds in reports 3
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.

Vetpen Starter Kit Adverse Event Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently holds 232 adverse event reports referencing Vetpen Starter Kit, including 0 reports in which the animal died — a 0.0% case-fatality figure among reported events only, not a population-level mortality rate. Active ingredient on file: Vetpen Starter Kit. Reported administration routes include Unknown, 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 Vetpen Starter Kit reports are Unknown (230 reports), Dog (2 reports), with Unknown accounting for the largest share. Within those species, Unknown (230), Schnauzer - Miniature (1), Terrier - Yorkshire (1) 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 Vetpen Starter Kit are Product Defect, General (107), Product problem (79), Difficulty of Use (75), Dispenser, Abnormal (54). Of the 2 reports with a coded outcome, Recovered/Normal is the leading category at 50.0%. 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 Vetpen Starter Kit.

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