INEFFECTIVE, SEIZURES

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VeDDRA Code: 99146

51 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

51
Total Reports
5
Deaths
980.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 43
Cat 7
Horse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Dog (unknown) 17
Crossbred Canine/dog 6
Cat (unknown) 6
Terrier - Yorkshire 2
Boxer (German Boxer) 2
Terrier - Boston 1
Domestic (unspecified) 1
Terrier - Scottish 1
Schipperke 1
Poodle (unspecified) 1

Associated Drugs

Phenobarbital 24
Potassium Bromide 23
Levetiracetam 9
Zonisamide 7
Levothyroxine 2
Spinosad 1
Glucosamine 1
Glycosaminoglycan Polysulfate 1
Midazolam Hcl 1
Benazepril 1
Pimobendan 1
S-Adenosylmethionine/Silybin-Phosphatidylcholine Complex 1
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 1
Glucosamine Hydrochloride Supplement 1
Methimazole 1
Topiramate 1
Midazolam 1
Diazepam 1

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 51
Reports with fatal outcome 5
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 980.0%
Species observed 3
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 18

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 99146.

INEFFECTIVE, SEIZURES Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 51 adverse event reports that reference INEFFECTIVE, SEIZURES as a reaction term, including 5 reports with a death outcome — a 980.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 99146, 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.

INEFFECTIVE, SEIZURES appears most frequently in reports for Dog (43 reports), Cat (7 reports), Horse (1 reports) — with Dog dominating at 43 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Dog (unknown) (17), Crossbred Canine/dog (6), Cat (unknown) (6). 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 INEFFECTIVE, SEIZURES are Phenobarbital (24 reports), Potassium Bromide (23 reports), Levetiracetam (9 reports), Zonisamide (7 reports), with Phenobarbital appearing alongside this reaction in 24 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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Data sourced from official AKC, AVMA, ACVO, and breed-club veterinary references. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBreed Editorial