{"topic_id":"ade_melatonin_adverse_events","category":"ade","context":"---\ntopic_id: ade_melatonin_adverse_events\ncategory: ade\ntitle: \"FDA ADE reports for Melatonin (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_b17.json\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 360\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 30\n  passed: 30\n  date: 2026-07-22\n---\n\n# Melatonin — 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. Melatonin is a active ingredient.\n\n## Total reports\nMelatonin: 263\n\n## Reports by species (top entries)\n- Dog 256\n- Cat 3\n- Human 2\n- Pig 1\n\n## Top reported reactions (VEDDRA terms, top entries)\n- Diarrhoea 40\n- Vomiting 38\n- Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 28\n- Decreased appetite 25\n- Other abnormal test result NOS 22\n- Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 21\n- Polydipsia 21\n- Weight loss 21\n- Death by euthanasia 20\n- Anorexia 19\n\nSource JSON: `pdf-raw/ade/ade_active_ingredients_2026-07-22_b17.json` (openFDA animalandveterinary/event.json, pulled 2026-07-22).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":247,"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."}