Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for injection site tenderness

92 FDA adverse-event reports reference injection site tenderness (VeDDRA 2751). Plate codes and volume neighbourhood below; species, breeds, and drugs follow.

#1436 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
92
reports citing this reaction
7.6%
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. Injection site tenderness has 92 reports now versus 86 in that prior snapshot: 6 more (7.0%).

Report change
+6
Death-coded reports
+2
Death-coded share
+1.8 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 2751 VOL-LOW

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

  • VOL-LOW 92 reports
  • DEATH-PAR 7.6%
  • MID-PACK #1436/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bladder distension
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 63
  • DRUG-LEAD Melarsomine Dihyd… · 16
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Bladder distension (±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 Injection site tenderness

Highest and lowest poles plus nearest volume peers, not a full 2,500-reaction corpus board reprint.

Vomiting · highest174348Bladder distension · near92Cough, hacking · near92Elevated fructosamine · near92Injection site discha… · near92Injection site tender… · thi…92Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Injection site tenderness

Injection site tenderness: low death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: Injection site tenderness's 7.6% 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: 7 of 92 reports (7.6% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Bladder distension (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (63). Lead co-reported drug Melarsomine Dihydrochloride (16).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Melarsomine Dihydrochloride 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 63
Horse 15
Human 9
Cat 5

Breeds Most Affected

Unknown 10
Retriever - Labrador 8
Crossbred Canine/dog 6
Shepherd Dog - German 4
Quarter Horse 4
Pug 4
Terrier - Bull - American Pit 4
Thoroughbred 3
Domestic Shorthair 3
Chihuahua 3

Associated Drugs

Melarsomine Dihydrochloride 16
Gabapentin 16
Tigilanol Tiglate 14
Prednisone 14
Diphenhydramine 10
Bedinvetmab 10
Moxidectin 8
Famotidine 8
Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium 8
Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid 6
Carprofen 6
Maropitant Citrate 5
Buprenorphine 4
Lotilaner 4
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 4
Fluralaner Powder For Inj Susp 4
Hydromorphone 3
Butorphanol Tartrate 3
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 3
Leptospira Canicola L-15 Strain C-51;Leptospira Grippotyphosa 1550 Lot 10005 Str 3

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Injection site tenderness, 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 (92 here).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (7.6% 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 Injection site tenderness (#1436 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 7.6%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded share stamp 7.6% · vintage 2025.

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