Neuromuscular disorder NOS

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VeDDRA Code: 1649

185 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

185
Total Reports
39
Deaths
2110.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 144
Cat 26
Turkey 7
Human 3
Chicken 2
Cattle 1
Pig 1
Horse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 16
Retriever - Labrador 13
Boxer (German Boxer) 8
Turkey (unknown) 7
Chihuahua 6
Crossbred Canine/dog 6
Shepherd Dog - German 5
Pit Bull 5
Shih Tzu 5
Terrier (unspecified) 5

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 39
Bedinvetmab 23
Sarolaner 13
Gabapentin 12
Carprofen 11
Monensin Sodium 8
Oclacitinib Maleate 8
Spinosad 7
Moxidectin 7
Selamectin 6
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 6
Rabies Vaccine 5
Nitenpyram 5
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 5
Cefovecin 5
Tramadol 5
Grapiprant 5
Afoxolaner 4
Prednisone 4
Isoflurane 4

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 185
Reports with fatal outcome 39
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 2110.0%
Species observed 8
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 1649.

Neuromuscular disorder NOS Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 185 adverse event reports that reference Neuromuscular disorder NOS as a reaction term, including 39 reports with a death outcome — a 2110.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 1649, 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.

Neuromuscular disorder NOS appears most frequently in reports for Dog (144 reports), Cat (26 reports), Turkey (7 reports) — with Dog dominating at 144 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (16), Retriever - Labrador (13), Boxer (German Boxer) (8). 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 Neuromuscular disorder NOS are Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (39 reports), Bedinvetmab (23 reports), Sarolaner (13 reports), Gabapentin (12 reports), with Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad appearing alongside this reaction in 39 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