Methylprednisolone side effects in horses
100 reports sent to the FDA between 1995 and 2026 involve Methylprednisolone in horses. The most reported problems were swelling, synovitis, collapse. 32% were marked serious.
100Reports
32%Marked serious
60%Only medicine involved
14%Recovered
21%Died or euthanised
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About this medicine
Type: medicine.
Most reported side effects
Share = percentage of this medicine's reports that mention the problem. One report can list several problems.
Reports that it didn't work
Some reports are about the medicine not working (for example a horse still getting fleas or heartworm), not about a side effect.
How soon problems started
Time from the first dose to the first sign, where both dates were reported (50 reports).
How the animals did
Breeds named most often
Popular breeds appear more often because there are more of them.
- Quarter Horse 42 reports
- Horse 19 reports
- Thoroughbred 12 reports
- Warmblood 7 reports
- Standardbred 5 reports
- Arab 2 reports
- Tennessee Walking Horse 2 reports
- Dutch Warmblood 2 reports
- Swedish Warmblood 1 reports
- American Saddlebred 1 reports
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