Incorrect route of drug administration after Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate in dogs
The FDA has received 78 reports of incorrect route of drug administration in dogs after Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate. That is 2.3% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 0.1% across reports for all dog medicines, so it is reported unusually often with this medicine.
78Reports
62%Marked serious
15%Recovered
12%Died or euthanised
10 daysTypical onset
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How the animals did
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About this medicine
Type: medicine.
Questions owners ask
- Can Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate cause incorrect route of drug administration in dogs?
- 78 reports link the two, but a report alone does not prove the medicine was the cause: other illnesses, other medicines or coincidence can be involved. Your vet can judge it for your animal.
- How soon after a dose was it reported?
- In half of the reports with dates, it started within 10 days of the first dose.
- What should I do?
- Don't give another dose until you've spoken to your vet, and keep the packaging so you can tell them the product and dose. Your vet can also report it to the FDA (or you can, through the manufacturer or FDA form 1932a).
Incorrect route of drug administration with similar medicines
- Incorrect route of drug administration after Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 103 reports · 1.9% of its reports
- Incorrect route of drug administration after Butorphanol 21 reports · 0.5% of its reports
- Incorrect route of drug administration after Atipamezole 37 reports · 1.4% of its reports
- Incorrect route of drug administration after Genta Momet Clotrim 40 reports · 1.7% of its reports
- Incorrect route of drug administration after Tiletamine + Zolazepam 29 reports · 2.0% of its reports
All reported side effects of Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate in dogs · Medicines most reported with incorrect route of drug administration