human insulin — 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. "human insulin" 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
human insulin: 4265
Reports by species (top entries)
- Cat 1919
- Dog 1292
- Human 17
- 6
Top reported reactions (VEDDRA terms, top entries)
- INEFFECTIVE, GLYCEMIC CONTROL 878
- Lack of efficacy - NOS 537
- Hypoglycaemia 456
- Containers, Damaged 400
- Vomiting 354
- Vials, Damaged 310
- Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 224
- INEFFECTIVE, LOSS OF EFFECT 184
- Death by euthanasia 169
- Hyperglycaemia 166
"Lack of efficacy" terms denote product-performance reports, not adverse reactions.
Source JSON: pdf-raw/ade/ade_active_ingredients_2026-08-16_b1.json (openFDA animalandveterinary/event.json, pulled 2026-08-16).