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Ingredients / Permethrin

Permethrin: FDA adverse event reports for pets

Reports received through June 26, 2026. Data and limitations.

1,280Total reports
1,228Dog reports
36Cat reports

FDA-approved products with this ingredient (Green Book)

No matching Green Book entry is supplied in this dataset. This alone does not establish regulatory status.

EPA-registered pesticide. Flea and tick products with this ingredient, such as many collars, spot-ons and shampoos, are registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), not approved by FDA, so they have no FDA Green Book record. Pet owners still send reports about them to FDA, and those reports are counted here. Questions about these products: National Pesticide Information Center.

Brand names come only from the Green Book. Brand names in FDA's public report data are masked, so counts cannot be attributed to any brand. Ingredient names in the reports are written many ways; we group them under one ingredient name and count each report once per ingredient (method).

Reports by year received

20091
201119
201282
201398
201488
201593
201697
2017107
201875
201970
202077
2021105
202287
202380
202496
202577
202628

Species named in reports

Dog1,228
Cat36
Cattle13
Not given2
Goat1

Signs reported after Permethrin

Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea214
Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in Neurological)206
Vomiting188
Pruritus113
Behavioural disorder NOS98
Diarrhoea96
Other abnormal test result NOS87
Emesis71
Lack of efficacy - NOS57
Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - heartworm57
Seizure NOS51
Anorexia49
Not eating48
Application site pruritus44
Decreased appetite41
Ataxia39
Weight loss35
Agitation34
Vocalisation31
Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm31
Death28
Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT)28
Death by euthanasia28
Itching27
Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - tick NOS27

Breeds named in reports

Retriever - Labrador144
Dog (unknown)132
Crossbred Canine/dog83
Retriever - Golden60
Chihuahua59
Shih Tzu56
Shepherd Dog - German54
Poodle (unspecified)46
Shepherd Dog - Australian46
Terrier - Yorkshire41
Pit Bull40
Maltese30
Dachshund (unspecified)28
Poodle - Miniature27
Terrier (unspecified)27

Reported outcomes

Outcome Unknown583
Recovered/Normal365
Ongoing262
Died30
Euthanized29
Recovered with Sequela15

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