Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for tympanic alteration

89 FDA adverse-event reports reference tympanic alteration (VeDDRA 2621). Plate codes and volume neighbourhood below; species, breeds, and drugs follow.

#1452 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
89
reports citing this reaction
11.2%
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. Tympanic alteration has 89 reports now versus 85 in that prior snapshot: 4 more (4.7%).

Report change
+4
Death-coded reports
+1
Death-coded share
+0.6 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 2621 VOL-LOW

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

  • VOL-LOW 89 reports
  • DEATH-ELEV 11.2%
  • MID-PACK #1452/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cervical pain
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 50
  • DRUG-LEAD Florfenicol + Mom… · 36
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Cervical pain (±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 Tympanic alteration

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

Vomiting · highest174348Cervical pain · near89Hepato-biliary disord… · near89Injection site self t… · near89Liver nodules · near89Tympanic alteration · this r…89Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Tympanic alteration

What the FDA AER plate says about Tympanic alteration

Signature read: 10 death-coded reports is the most distinctive absolute-outcome stamp on Tympanic alteration. Report volume sits in the middle third of the reaction corpus. 10 of 89 reports were death-coded (11.2% of named reports, not a population mortality rate). Nearest volume peer: Cervical pain (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (50). Lead co-reported drug Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride (36).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride 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 50
Cat 39

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 28
Retriever - Golden 4
Domestic Longhair 3
Domestic Mediumhair 3
Chihuahua 3
Boxer (German Boxer) 2
Spaniel - King Charles Cavalier 2
Shih Tzu 2
Shiba Inu 2
Pekingese 2

Associated Drugs

Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride 36
Maropitant Citrate 13
Florfenicol, Terbinafine, Betamethasone Acetate 9
Saline 8
Carprofen 8
Propofol 6
Florfenicol/Terbinafine Hydrochloride/Mometasone Furoate 5
Orbiflox/Momet/Posaco Eardrops 5
Gabapentin 5
Meclizine 5
Prednisolone 5
Dexamethasone 5
Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine 5
Oclacitinib 4
Dexmedetomidine 4
Buprenorphine 4
Fluids 4
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 4
Genta/Momet/Clotrim Ear Oint 3
Enrofloxacin 3

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Tympanic alteration, 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 (89 here).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (11.2% 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 Tympanic alteration (#1452 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 11.2%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded report count stamp 10 · vintage 2025.

Informational only. FDA adverse-event reports are voluntary and do not prove causation; consult a veterinarian before acting on them. Verify with FDA CVM →