Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for lack of hair regrowth

62 FDA adverse-event reports reference lack of hair regrowth (VeDDRA 2586). Plate codes and volume neighbourhood below; species, breeds, and drugs follow.

#1639 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
62
reports citing this reaction
4.8%
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. Lack of hair regrowth has 62 reports now versus 60 in that prior snapshot: 2 more (3.3%).

Report change
+2
Death-coded reports
+0
Death-coded share
−0.2 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 2586 VOL-LOW

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

  • VOL-LOW 62 reports
  • DEATH-LOW 4.8%
  • MID-PACK #1639/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Application site ting…
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 47
  • DRUG-LEAD Trilostane · 23
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Application site tingling (±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 Lack of hair regrowth

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

Vomiting · highest174348Application site ting… · near62Claw / hoof / nail lo… · near62Desquamation · near62Dropper, Abnormal · near62Lack of hair regrowth · this…62Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Lack of hair regrowth

Lack of hair regrowth: low death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: 3 death-coded reports is a thin tail count for Lack of hair regrowth in the CVM extract. Report volume sits in the middle third of the reaction corpus. Death-coded share is lower-third: 3 of 62 reports (4.8% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Application site tingling (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (47). Lead co-reported drug Trilostane (23).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Trilostane 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 47
Ferret 8
Cat 7

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 8
Unknown 8
Dog (unknown) 4
Crossbred Canine/dog 4
Domestic Shorthair 4
Maltese 3
Shih Tzu 3
Domestic Longhair 2
Terrier (unspecified) 2
Beagle 2

Associated Drugs

Trilostane 23
Prednisone 8
Deslorelin Acetate 8
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride 4
Estriol Tablets 3
Pimobendan 3
Fluralaner Spot-On Solution 3
Desoxycortone Pivalate 3
Cyclosporine 3
Bedinvetmab 3
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 2
Levothyroxine 2
Oclacitinib Maleate 2
Carprofen 2
Prednisolone 2
Enrofloxacin 2
Maropitant 2
Gabapentin 2
Levothyroxine Sodium 2
Verdinexor 2

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Lack of hair regrowth, 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 (62 here).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (4.8% 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 Lack of hair regrowth (#1639 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 4.8%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded report count stamp 3 · vintage 2025.

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