Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for elevated creatinine

7,526 FDA reports name elevated creatinine, a high-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 2048). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#63 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
7,526
reports citing this reaction
29.6%
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. Elevated creatinine has 7,526 reports now versus 7,403 in that prior snapshot: 123 more (1.7%).

Report change
+123
Death-coded reports
+23
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.

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FDA AER · VeDDRA plate

Code 2048 VOL-HIGH

VOL-HIGH · DEATH-HOT · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

  • VOL-HIGH 7,526 reports
  • DEATH-HOT 29.6%
  • TOP-DECILE #63/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hyperactivity
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 5,605
  • DRUG-LEAD Carprofen · 1,078
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Hyperactivity (±92 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.

High-volume neighbourhood around Elevated creatinine

Upper-third volume poles plus nearest peers, not a full reaction corpus board reprint.

Vomiting · highest174348Dehydration · near7651Elevated creatinine · this r…7526Hyperactivity · near7434Abnormal radiograph f… · near7375Anaemia NOS · near7342Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Elevated creatinine

Elevated creatinine: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: 2,228 death-coded reports is a heavy tail count for Elevated creatinine in the CVM extract. Report volume is upper-third scale: 7,526 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is upper-third: 2,228 of 7,526 reports (29.6% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Hyperactivity (±92 reports). Lead species Dog (5,605). Lead co-reported drug Carprofen (1,078).

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 5,605
Cat 1,765
Horse 141
Human 6
Cattle 5
Alpaca 1
Rabbit 1
Lynx 1
Donkey 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 921
Retriever - Labrador 916
Crossbred Canine/dog 467
Domestic (unspecified) 305
Retriever - Golden 248
Chihuahua 187
Terrier - Yorkshire 185
Shepherd Dog - German 184
Boxer (German Boxer) 165
Shih Tzu 150

Associated Drugs

Carprofen 1,078
Meloxicam 768
Trilostane 657
Maropitant Citrate 596
Deracoxib 448
Oclacitinib Maleate 366
Gabapentin 329
Grapiprant 321
Firocoxib 277
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 248
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 236
Bedinvetmab 229
Cefovecin 220
Afoxolaner 217
Tramadol 208
Famotidine 196
Buprenorphine 176
Spinosad 169
Robenacoxib 168
Bexagliflozin 164

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Elevated creatinine, 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 (7,526 here).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (29.6% 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 Elevated creatinine (#63 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 29.6%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded report count stamp 2,228 · 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 →