Reaction profile
The FDA adverse-event record for fear/fearful
130 FDA adverse-event reports reference fear/fearful (VeDDRA 3062). Plate codes and volume neighbourhood below; species, breeds, and drugs follow.
- #1262 of 2,481
- by report volume (all reactions)
- 130
- reports citing this reaction
- 7.7%
- 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. Fear/fearful has 130 reports now versus 108 in that prior snapshot: 22 more (20.4%).
- Report change
- +22
- Death-coded reports
- +2
- Death-coded share
- +0.3 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 Fear/fearful changesFDA AER · VeDDRA plate
Code 3062 VOL-LOW
VOL-LOW · DEATH-PAR · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL
- VOL-LOW 130 reports
- DEATH-PAR 7.7%
- MID-PACK #1262/2481
- PHOTO-FINISH Eye inflammation NOS
- SPECIES-DOG Dog · 98
- DRUG-LEAD Buprenorphine · 16
- DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
- BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields
Nearest volume peer: Eye inflammation NOS (±0 reports)
Instrument codes from this reaction’s FDA CVM adverse-event extract: volume band, death-coded share, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead species, lead drug, breed desk, and book completeness. Not a clinical diagnosis.
Report-volume neighbourhood around Fear/fearful
Highest and lowest poles plus nearest volume peers, not a full 2,500-reaction corpus board reprint.
Fear/fearful: low death-coded share in the FDA AER plate
Signature read: Fear/fearful's 7.7% death-coded share is among the lowest in the openFDA reaction corpus. Report volume sits in the middle third of the reaction corpus. Death-coded share is lower-third: 10 of 130 reports (7.7% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Eye inflammation NOS (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (98). Lead co-reported drug Buprenorphine (16).
Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Buprenorphine appears in filings alongside this reaction; that is association, not causation. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.
Species Most Affected
Breeds Most Affected
Associated Drugs
Nationwide reactions with similar profiles
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Fear/fearful, 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 (130 here).
Similar death-coded share
Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (7.7% here), distinct from the volume row.
What to do with this reaction
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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
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