Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for skin thinning

60 FDA reports name skin thinning, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 2181). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#1655 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
60
reports citing this reaction
15.0%
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. Skin thinning has 60 reports now versus 58 in that prior snapshot: 2 more (3.4%).

Report change
+2
Death-coded reports
+0
Death-coded share
−0.5 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 2181 VOL-LOW

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

  • VOL-LOW 60 reports
  • DEATH-ELEV 15.0%
  • MID-PACK #1655/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Foam in the trachea
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 47
  • DRUG-LEAD Trilostane · 46
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Foam in the trachea (±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.

Lower-volume neighbourhood around Skin thinning

Lower-third volume poles plus nearest peers, not a full reaction corpus board reprint.

Vomiting · highest174348Foam in the trachea · near60Heavy sweating · near60Salivary gland disord… · near60Skin thinning · this reaction60Transient blindness · near60Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Skin thinning

What the FDA AER plate says about Skin thinning

Signature read: report volume at 60 (#1655 of 2,481) is the standout scale stamp on Skin thinning. Report volume is lower-third scale: 60 named reports in the openFDA extract. 9 of 60 reports were death-coded (15.0% of named reports, not a population mortality rate). Nearest volume peer: Foam in the trachea (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (47). Lead co-reported drug Trilostane (46).

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
Cat 11
Horse 1
Human 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 6
Terrier - Boston 4
Chihuahua 4
Siamese 3
Dachshund - Miniature 3
Shih Tzu 3
Maltese 2
Retriever - Labrador 2
Beagle 2
Boxer (German Boxer) 2

Associated Drugs

Trilostane 46
Cyclosporine 5
Oclacitinib Maleate 4
Prednisone 4
Carprofen 4
Selamectin 3
Cefovecin 2
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 2
Recombinant Human Insulin 2
Ivermectin 2
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 2
Compounded Trilostane 2
Afoxolaner 2
Rabacfosadine Succinate 2
Injectable Analgesic 2
Frunevetmab 2
Epsiprantel 1
Methylprednisolone Acetate 1
Amlodipine 1
Laxatone 1

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Skin thinning, 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 (60 here).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (15.0% 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 Skin thinning (#1655 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 15.0%. PlainBreed reaction plate · report volume stamp 60 · vintage 2025.

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