Carprofen — 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 2026-07-21. Counts are report-level: one report may list multiple reactions and multiple animals, so figures are not additive and do not imply causation. Carprofen is a NSAID (dog/cat pain/inflammation).
Total reports
Carprofen: 52017
Reports by species (top entries)
- Dog 46859
- Cat 1709
- Human 844
- Other 46
- Pig 9
- Rabbit 9
Top reported reactions (VEDDRA terms, top entries)
- Vomiting 12837
- Anorexia 9834
- Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 8655
- Elevated serum alkaline phosphatase (SAP) 7622
- Depression 6232
- Accidental exposure 6099
- Diarrhoea 5207
- Elevated total bilirubin 4441
- Death by euthanasia 4386
- Death 4316
"Lack of efficacy" terms denote product-performance reports, not adverse reactions.
Source JSON: pdf-raw/ade/ade_active_ingredients_2026-07-21.json (openFDA animalandveterinary/event.json, pulled 2026-07-21).