Acepromazine — FDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Event (ADE) Reports
Source: 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. Acepromazine is a veterinary active ingredient.
Total reports
Acepromazine: 2602
Reports by species (top entries)
- Dog 1789
- Cat 617
- Horse 69
- Human 8
- Other 7
- Cattle 6
Top reported reactions (VEDDRA terms, top entries)
- Vomiting 315
- Death 313
- Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 220
- Anorexia 169
- Death by euthanasia 161
- Lack of efficacy - NOS 158
- Diarrhoea 132
- Behavioural disorder NOS 124
- Other abnormal test result NOS 119
- Ataxia 116
"Lack of efficacy" terms denote product-performance reports, not adverse reactions.
Source JSON: pdf-raw/ade/ade_active_ingredients_2026-07-22_b5.json (openFDA animalandveterinary/event.json, pulled 2026-07-22).