Miosis

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VeDDRA Code: 680

331 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

331
Total Reports
83
Deaths
2510.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 214
Cat 116
Horse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 65
Crossbred Canine/dog 28
Domestic (unspecified) 16
Retriever - Labrador 15
Shepherd Dog - Australian 11
Chihuahua 10
Dachshund (unspecified) 9
Shepherd Dog - German 7
Domestic Longhair 7
Siberian Husky 6

Associated Drugs

Maropitant Citrate 30
Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride 30
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 26
Moxidectin 16
Buprenorphine 15
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride 14
Florfenicol, Terbinafine, Betamethasone Acetate 14
Bedinvetmab 14
Spinosad 13
Prednisone 13
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride Injection 13
Carprofen 12
Enrofloxacin 11
Cefovecin Sodium 10
Dexamethasone 10
Midazolam 10
Propofol 9
Florfenicol/Terbinafine Hydrochloride/Mometasone Furoate 9
Selamectin 8
Ivermectin 8

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 331
Reports with fatal outcome 83
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 2510.0%
Species observed 3
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 680.

Miosis Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 331 adverse event reports that reference Miosis as a reaction term, including 83 reports with a death outcome — a 2510.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 680, 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.

Miosis appears most frequently in reports for Dog (214 reports), Cat (116 reports), Horse (1 reports) — with Dog dominating at 214 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (65), Crossbred Canine/dog (28), Domestic (unspecified) (16). 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 Miosis are Maropitant Citrate (30 reports), Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride (30 reports), Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (26 reports), Moxidectin (16 reports), with Maropitant Citrate appearing alongside this reaction in 30 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