Government Publications Information No. Some animals have diabetes but there are no veterinary drugs to counter their diabetes. The FDA knew veterinarians were using human-labeled drugs to treat the diabetes and respiratory infections in dogs, cats, horses, and cattle. Though the use of human-labeled drugs on animals had no adverse impact on public health, the action was illegal because of the label on the bottle. The FDA has not yet approved sufficient number of drugs to treat all the diseases in different animal species.
People have adverse reactions to drugs and, at times, so do animals.
This feature lists the drugs by generic name showing statistics for all the adverse drug reaction reports submitted to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine. This summary allows veterinarians to share the practical knowledge and experiences of how well what drugs are helping what animals. Maybe you read Pearl S. Buck's novel or maybe you had bad luck with your garden and would like to have some good earth. This is very good guide to when to irrigate and how much water to supply. Now you know a little bit more about the good earth.