{"topic_id":"ade_betamethasone_adverse_events","category":"ade","context":"---\ntopic_id: ade_betamethasone_adverse_events\ncategory: ade\ntitle: \"FDA ADE reports for Betamethasone (active ingredient) — total reports, species & reaction breakdown\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"openFDA animalandveterinary/event.json (FDA CVM adverse event reports), pulled 2026-07-22\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/ade/ade_active_ingredients_2026-07-22_b9.json\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 392\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 34\n  passed: 34\n  date: 2026-07-22\n---\n\n# Betamethasone — FDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Event (ADE) Reports\n\nSource: openFDA `animalandveterinary/event.json`, the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) adverse event report database. Data pulled 2026-07-22. Counts are report-level: one report may list multiple reactions and multiple animals, so figures are not additive and do not imply causation. Betamethasone is a active ingredient.\n\n## Total reports\nBetamethasone: 2329\n\n## Reports by species (top entries)\n- Dog 2037\n- Cat 139\n- Human 15\n- Horse 11\n- Other 1\n- Other Cervids 1\n\n## Top reported reactions (VEDDRA terms, top entries)\n- Lack of efficacy - NOS 1131\n- Ear discharge 159\n- Loss of hearing 114\n- Vomiting 106\n- Deafness 101\n- Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 90\n- Head shake - ear disorder 88\n- CULTURE/TITER DATA ABNORMAL 82\n- Behavioural disorder NOS 75\n- Ear pain 75\n\nSource JSON: `pdf-raw/ade/ade_active_ingredients_2026-07-22_b9.json` (openFDA animalandveterinary/event.json, pulled 2026-07-22).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":262,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}