benadryl — 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 2026-08-16. Counts are report-level: one report may list multiple reactions and multiple animals, so figures are not additive and do not imply causation. "benadryl" is a name as filed in the drug active-ingredient field of these reports (may be a generic ingredient or a product/brand name as reported).
Total reports
benadryl: 281
Reports by species (top entries)
- Dog 258
- Cat 23
Top reported reactions (VEDDRA terms, top entries)
- Vomiting 59
- Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in Neurological) 41
- Diarrhoea 40
- Not eating 34
- Facial swelling (see also Skin) 26
- Hives (see also Skin) 24
- Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 23
- Emesis (multiple) 20
- Panting 20
- Death 19
Source JSON: pdf-raw/ade/ade_active_ingredients_2026-08-16_b1.json (openFDA animalandveterinary/event.json, pulled 2026-08-16).