Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for weakness

6,854 FDA reports name weakness, a high-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 1023). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#74 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
6,854
reports citing this reaction
27.9%
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. Weakness has 6,854 reports now versus 6,726 in that prior snapshot: 128 more (1.9%).

Report change
+128
Death-coded reports
+40
Death-coded share
+0.1 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 1023 VOL-HIGH

VOL-HIGH · DEATH-HOT · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

  • VOL-HIGH 6,854 reports
  • DEATH-HOT 27.9%
  • TOP-DECILE #74/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cough
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 5,731
  • DRUG-LEAD Bedinvetmab · 692
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Cough (±9 reports)

Upper-third death-coded share drives the outcome stamps on this plate; volume band, corpus rank, and co-report peers follow. Not a clinical diagnosis.

High-volume neighbourhood around Weakness

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

Vomiting · highest174348Lack of efficacy (end… · near7126Underfilling, Package · near6969Application site alop… · near6932Weakness · this reaction6854Cough · near6845Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Weakness

Weakness: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: 1,909 death-coded reports is a heavy tail count for Weakness in the CVM extract. Report volume is upper-third scale: 6,854 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is upper-third: 1,909 of 6,854 reports (27.9% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Cough (±9 reports). Lead species Dog (5,731). Lead co-reported drug Bedinvetmab (692).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, A high death-coded share in FDA filings does not prove causation; co-reporting is voluntary temporal association only. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.

Species Most Affected

Dog 5,731
Cat 934
Cattle 61
Horse 49
Human 25
Pig 11
Rabbit 6
Sheep 6
Ferret 4
Goat 3

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 622
Domestic Shorthair 512
Crossbred Canine/dog 445
Retriever - Golden 277
Chihuahua 240
Shepherd Dog - German 219
Terrier - Yorkshire 196
Boxer (German Boxer) 188
Shih Tzu 179
Dog (unknown) 138

Associated Drugs

Bedinvetmab 692
Trilostane 621
Carprofen 581
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 530
Moxidectin 526
Maropitant Citrate 454
Gabapentin 307
Prednisone 238
Spinosad 237
Cefovecin 230
Oclacitinib Maleate 212
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 197
Afoxolaner 189
Selamectin 160
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 158
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 144
Grapiprant 139
Sarolaner 135
Deracoxib 130
Famotidine 123

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Weakness, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass (the volume chart above is the unfloored photo-finish strip).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (27.9% 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 Weakness (#74 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 27.9%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded report count stamp 1,909 · 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 →