Eye paralysis (for Miosis etc see 'Neurological')

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VeDDRA Code: 454

19 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

19
Total Reports
2
Deaths
1050.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 16
Cat 3

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 2
Lhasa Apso 2
Retriever - Labrador 1
Sheepdog - Shetland 1
Terrier - West Highland White 1
Terrier - Jack Russell 1
Mountain Dog - Bernese 1
Persian 1
Spitz - German Pomeranian 1
Terrier - Bull 1

Associated Drugs

Trilostane 5
Maropitant Citrate 3
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 2
Afoxolaner 2
Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride 2
Cephalexin 1
Spinosad 1
Dexamethasone 1
Afoxolaner 2.27% Chewable Tablet (28.3 Mg) 1
Ivermectin 68Mcg Pyrantel 57Mg 1
Genta/Momet/Clotrim Ear Oint 1
Isoflupredone Acetate; Neomycin Sulfate; Tetracaine Hydrochloride 1
Cefovecin 1
Enrofloxacin + Silver Sulfadiazine 1
Fluocinolone Acetonide 1
Unknown Solution 1
Lanolin/Mineral Oil/White Petrolatum 1
Bacitracin/Polymyxin 1
Nitenpyram 1
Betamethasone + Florfenicol + Terbinafine 1

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 19
Reports with fatal outcome 2
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 1050.0%
Species observed 2
Breeds observed 17
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 454.

Eye paralysis (for Miosis etc see 'Neurological') Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 19 adverse event reports that reference Eye paralysis (for Miosis etc see 'Neurological') as a reaction term, including 2 reports with a death outcome — a 1050.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 454, the standardized veterinary dictionary used to normalize clinical signs across submitters. Because reports are voluntary and often describe multiple concurrent signs per animal, the volume here reflects reporting intensity rather than true incidence in the broader pet population.

Eye paralysis (for Miosis etc see 'Neurological') appears most frequently in reports for Dog (16 reports), Cat (3 reports) — with Dog dominating at 16 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (2), Lhasa Apso (2), Retriever - Labrador (1). These distributions are influenced both by underlying breed popularity and by how veterinarians and owners code a given clinical sign, so they should be interpreted as a reporting fingerprint rather than a pure susceptibility ranking.

The drugs most commonly co-reported with Eye paralysis (for Miosis etc see 'Neurological') are Trilostane (5 reports), Maropitant Citrate (3 reports), Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (2 reports), Afoxolaner (2 reports), with Trilostane appearing alongside this reaction in 5 submissions. Co-reporting does not establish that any specific product caused the reaction — FDA CVM data captures temporal association only. The value of these aggregates is in flagging which therapeutic classes appear repeatedly alongside a given clinical sign, so owners and veterinarians can ask targeted questions about medications currently in use.

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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