Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for constricted pupils

254 FDA adverse-event reports reference constricted pupils (VeDDRA 679). Plate codes and volume neighbourhood below; species, breeds, and drugs follow.

#929 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
254
reports citing this reaction
25.6%
death-coded share
Dog
most-affected species

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. Constricted pupils has 254 reports now versus 252 in that prior snapshot: 2 more (0.8%).

Report change
+2
Death-coded reports
+1
Death-coded share
+0.2 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 Constricted pupils changes

FDA AER · VeDDRA plate

Code 679 VOL-LOW

VOL-LOW · DEATH-HOT · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

  • VOL-LOW 254 reports
  • DEATH-HOT 25.6%
  • MID-PACK #929/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Drug label confusion
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 157
  • DRUG-LEAD Milbemycin Oxime… · 37
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Drug label confusion (±0 reports)

Upper-third death-coded share drives the outcome stamps on this plate; volume band, corpus rank, and co-report peers follow. Not a clinical diagnosis.

Report-volume neighbourhood around Constricted pupils

Highest and lowest poles plus nearest volume peers, not a full 2,500-reaction corpus board reprint.

Vomiting · highest174348Drug dispensing error · near255Constricted pupils · this re…254Drug label confusion · near254Hearing affected · near254Cardiorespiratory arr… · near253Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Constricted pupils

Constricted pupils: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: 65 death-coded reports is a heavy tail count for Constricted pupils in the CVM extract. Report volume sits in the middle third of the reaction corpus. Death-coded share is upper-third: 65 of 254 reports (25.6% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Drug label confusion (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (157). Lead co-reported drug Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (37).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, A high death-coded share in FDA filings does not prove causation; co-reporting is voluntary temporal association only. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.

Species Most Affected

Dog 157
Cat 94
Horse 1
Rabbit 1
Other Birds 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 62
Retriever - Labrador 16
Chihuahua 9
Siberian Husky 9
Domestic Longhair 9
Terrier - Yorkshire 8
Shepherd Dog - Australian 7
Shih Tzu 6
Retriever - Golden 6
Crossbred Canine/dog 6

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 37
Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride 25
Maropitant Citrate 20
Spinosad 14
Robenacoxib 14
Carprofen 13
Buprenorphine 13
Selamectin 12
Isoflurane 11
Cefovecin 9
Enrofloxacin 9
Cefovecin Sodium 9
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 9
Bedinvetmab 9
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 8
Butorphanol 8
Dexamethasone 8
Afoxolaner 8
Meloxicam 7
Atipamezole Hydrochloride 7

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Constricted pupils, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass (the volume chart above is the unfloored photo-finish strip).

Similar report volume

Nearest other reactions by FDA report count (254 here).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (25.6% here), distinct from the volume row.

What to do with this reaction

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 Constricted pupils (#929 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 25.6%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded report count stamp 65 · 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 →