FDA ADE reports for Prednisone (corticosteroid (anti-inflammatory/immunosuppressant)) — total reports, species & reaction breakdown

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Prednisone — 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. Prednisone is a corticosteroid (anti-inflammatory/immunosuppressant).

Total reports

Prednisone: 9396

Reports by species (top entries)

Dog 8625
Cat 734
Human 15
Ferret 2
1
Goat 1

Top reported reactions (VEDDRA terms, top entries)

Vomiting 1405
Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 1167
Diarrhoea 1033
Lack of efficacy - NOS 851
Death by euthanasia 743
Other abnormal test result NOS 691
Weight loss 632
Anorexia 602
Emesis 571
Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 547

"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).

Sources

openFDA animalandveterinary/event.json (FDA CVM adverse event reports), pulled 2026-07-21

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