Deramaxx (deracoxib)
Adverse Drug Event Database


The data below represents the cumulative list of reported signs from all reports on Deramaxx® as of February 24, 2003 which the Center for Veterinary Medicine believes are possibly linked to the drug. Below is an explanation of the data provided by Victoria Hampshire, VMD, the Adverse Event Coordinator of the CVM.
In terms of total numbers in the serious group. Keep in mind as the disclaimer points out, that these numbers appearing on the web are total events scored from possible up to definite. Within that group, probable and definite comprise a subgroup of interest that is always smaller than all the possible. They mean we have enough information to feel very confident that the drug was related to the event.

Victoria Hampshire, VMD
Adverse Drug Events Coordinator
Office Surveillance/Compliance
Center for Veterinary Medicine

RankSignNumberPercent
1VOMITING3331
2ANOREXIA2826
3BUN HI, BLD2422
4DEPRESSION/LETHARGY2220
5SGPT/ALT HI, BLD1918
6CREATININE HI, BLD1817
7ALK PHOS HI, BLD1716
8DEATH1716
9ANEMIA1514
10WBC HI, BLD1514
11MELENA1211
12INTERACTION, DRUG(S)1110
13P HI, BLD1110
14WEAKNESS1110
15DEATH(EUTHANIZED)109
16ALBUMIN LO, BLD98
17AMYLASE HI, BLD87
18BILIRUBIN(TOT) HI, BLD87
19AGGRESSION66
20CONVULSION(S)66
21DIARRHEA66
22FEVER, BODY66
23PALLOR66
24PLATELETS LO, BLD66
25SGOT/AST HI, BLD66
26ATAXIA55
27BLD, URINE55
28PROTEIN(TOT) LO, BLD55
29DIARRHEA,MILD44
30HEMATOCHEZIA44
31KIDNEY FAILURE44
32POLYDIPSIA44
33TREMBLING44
34VOMITING, BLOODY44
35ANEMIA, AUTOIMMUNE HEM33
36APPREHENSION33
37COLLAPSE33
38DIARRHEA, BLOODY33
39EDEMA, LIMB(S)33
40ICTERUS33
41PANCREATITIS33
42POLYCYTHEMIA33
43POLYURIA33
44PR-PANCREAS, LESION(S)33
45RECUMBENCY33
46SPEC GRAVITY LO, URINE33
47BILIRUBIN, URINE22
48DIC22
49DYSPNEA22
50EDEMA, HEAD/FACE22
51GLUCOSE HI, BLD22
52ICTERUS, BODY22
53LIPASE HI, BLD22
54LIVER ENZYMES HI, BLD22
55POLYPNEA22
56PR-KIDNEY(S), LESION(S)22
57PR-LIVER, LESION(S)22
58PR-LUNG(S), EDEMA22
59PROTEIN, URINE22
60SEGS HI, BLD22
61SWELLING, HEAD/FACE22
62TACHYCARDIA22
63TENESMUS22
64US ABN22
65ANAPHYLAXIS/TOID11
66ASCITES11
67AZOTEMIA11
68BLD11
69BLD(ECCHYMOSES)11
70BLD(PETECHIAE)11
71BLD, INCISION SITE11
72CA LO, BLD11
73CONGESTION, LUNG(S)11
74CONGESTION, SKIN11
75CONJUNCTIVITIS11
76CPK HI, BLD11
77DEHYDRATION11
78DISTENTION, ABDOMEN11
79DYSURIA11
80EDEMA, LUNG(S)/TRACHEA11
81EFFUSION, PERITONEAL11
82EPISTAXIS11
83FROTH, MOUTH/LIP(S)11
84GLUCOSE LO, BLD11
85HEALING IMPAIRED11
86HEART FAILURE11
87HYPERACTIVITY11
88HYPERMOTILITY11
89HYPERSALIVATION11
90HYPOADRENOCORTICISM11
91HYPOTHERMIA11
92LESION(S), SKIN11
93MICROORANISMS, URINE11
94MYDRIASIS11
95NAUSEA11
96NECK, VENTROFLEXION11
97NYSTAGMUS11
98OTITIS11
99PAIN, ABDOMEN11
100PANCREAS ENZYMES HI, BLD11
101PARALYSIS, FACIAL NERV11
102PERFORATION, GI11
103POLYPHAGIA11
104PR-BRAIN, LESION(S)11
105PR-HEART, LESION(S)11
106PR-HEARTWORM DISEASE11
107PR-INTEST, LESION(S)11
108PR-PERITONEUM, LESION(S)11
109PR-SM INTEST, LESION(S)11
110PR-SPLEEN, LESION(S)11
111PRURITIS11
112PT PROLONGED, BLD11
113PTT PROLONGED, BLD11
114RADIOGRAPH(S) ABN11
115RESPIRATORY DISORDER11
116RETICULOCYTES LO, BLD11
117ROLLING11
118SHOCK11
119STARING11
120STUMBLING11
121STUPOR11
122SWELLING11
123SYNCOPE11
124THYROID HORMONES HI11
125THYROID HORMONES LO11
126TORTICOLLIS11
127ULCER(S), GI11
128ULCER(S), TONGUE11
129VOMITING, UNPRODUCTIVE11
130WBC, URINE11
131WEIGHT LOSS11
132WHEEZING11



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