Wrong strength dispensed

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VeDDRA Code: 93079

80 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

80
Total Reports
3
Deaths
380.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 73
Cat 5
Unknown 2

Breeds Most Affected

Chihuahua 8
Dog (unknown) 7
Terrier - Yorkshire 5
Shih Tzu 5
Spitz - German Pomeranian 4
Unknown 3
Maltese 3
Collie - Border 3
Terrier (unspecified) 3
Retriever - Labrador 3

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 15
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 12
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 8
Levothyroxine Sodium 7
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 5
Lotilaner 4
Levothyroxine Sodium, Usp 4
Pimobendan 3
Spinosad 3
Oclacitinib Maleate 3
Trilostane 3
Carprofen 3
Fluoxetine 3
Meloxicam 2
Firocoxib 2
Grapiprant 2
Fluralaner Spot-On Solution 2
Prednisone 2
Sarolaner 2
Fluralaner/Moxidectin Spot-On 2

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 80
Reports with fatal outcome 3
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 380.0%
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 93079.

Wrong strength dispensed Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 80 adverse event reports that reference Wrong strength dispensed as a reaction term, including 3 reports with a death outcome — a 380.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 93079, 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.

Wrong strength dispensed appears most frequently in reports for Dog (73 reports), Cat (5 reports), Unknown (2 reports) — with Dog dominating at 73 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Chihuahua (8), Dog (unknown) (7), Terrier - Yorkshire (5). 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 Wrong strength dispensed are Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (15 reports), Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew (12 reports), Fluralaner Chew Tablets (8 reports), Levothyroxine Sodium (7 reports), with Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad appearing alongside this reaction in 15 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