Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for immediate pain upon injection

586 FDA reports name immediate pain upon injection, a high-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 2410). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#582 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
586
reports citing this reaction
3.9%
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. Immediate pain upon injection has 586 reports now versus 567 in that prior snapshot: 19 more (3.4%).

Report change
+19
Death-coded reports
+0
Death-coded share
−0.1 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 Immediate pain upon injection changes

FDA AER · VeDDRA plate

Code 2410 VOL-MID

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

  • VOL-MID 586 reports
  • DEATH-LOW 3.9%
  • UPPER-Q #582/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Not urinating
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 460
  • DRUG-LEAD Desoxycorticoster… · 247
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Not urinating (±1 reports)

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

High-volume neighbourhood around Immediate pain upon injection

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

Vomiting · highest174348Biting - pruritus (se… · near591Not urinating · near587Immediate pain upon i… · thi…586Oedema of the extremi… · near585Recovery prolonged · near585Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Immediate pain upon injection

Immediate pain upon injection: low death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: Immediate pain upon injection's 3.9% death-coded share is among the lowest in the openFDA reaction corpus. Report volume is upper-third scale: 586 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is lower-third: 23 of 586 reports (3.9% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Not urinating (±1 reports). Lead species Dog (460). Lead co-reported drug Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate (247).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate 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

Dog 460
Cat 93
Horse 10
Human 9
Cattle 7
Goat 2
Pig 2
Other 1
Unknown 1
Rabbit 1

Breeds Most Affected

Dog (unknown) 90
Domestic Shorthair 42
Retriever - Labrador 40
Cat (other) 33
Poodle - Standard 25
Crossbred Canine/dog 23
Chihuahua 20
Retriever - Golden 19
Beagle 18
Unknown 16

Associated Drugs

Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate 247
Prednisone 136
Frunevetmab 57
Maropitant Citrate 52
Desoxycortone Pivalate 52
Bedinvetmab 47
Docp 41
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride 24
Cefovecin 24
Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate (Docp) 21
Gabapentin 19
Medetomidine Hydrochloride, Vatinoxan Hydrochloride 14
Insulin Injectable Vial 11
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 11
Butorphanol 11
Moxidectin 10
Oclacitinib Maleate 10
Butorphanol Tartrate 9
Anti-Il31 Mab Mcs Lot #1283563 9
Famotidine 8

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

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

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 Immediate pain upon injection (#582 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 3.9%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded share stamp 3.9% · vintage 2025.

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