Cortisone — 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. Cortisone is a active ingredient.
Total reports
Cortisone: 70
Reports by species (top entries)
- Dog 46
- Cat 22
- Horse 2
Top reported reactions (VEDDRA terms, top entries)
- Vomiting 9
- Death 8
- Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea 8
- Behavioural disorder NOS 6
- Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 6
- Lack of efficacy - NOS 5
- Other abnormal test result NOS 5
- Vocalisation 5
- Weight loss 5
- Anorexia 4
Source JSON: pdf-raw/ade/ade_active_ingredients_2026-07-22_b23.json (openFDA animalandveterinary/event.json, pulled 2026-07-22).