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PromAce®

Acepromazine Maleate

Veterinary NADA Approved 1,408 adverse event reports

Overview

Source: Animal Drugs @ FDA
Proprietary name
PromAce®
Active ingredient
Acepromazine Maleate
Application type
NADA
Sponsor
Boehringer lngelheim Animal Health USA, Inc.
Applications on record
1
First published
May 14, 2026

Adverse event reports

Source: openFDA VeDDRA
1,408
Reports mentioning this ingredient
April 22, 1987 – March 24, 2026
492
Classified serious
per reporter assessment
117
Lack of expected efficacy
resistance signal
14
Human operator exposure
needle-stick or splash
Not a risk measure. Veterinary adverse event reports are influenced by how many animals are treated, reporting practice and product age. Reports do not establish that the product caused the event, and a single report can cover an entire herd or flock. Attribution here is by active ingredient because the source dataset redacts brand names.

Attributed by active ingredient “ACEPROMAZINE MALEATE”. Green Book ingredient names and VeDDRA ingredient names do not always agree exactly, so attribution is approximate and labelled as such.

Reported reactions

Source: openFDA VeDDRA

Clinical signs coded in the VICH VeDDRA four-level hierarchy, most frequent first.

Reaction terms reported for this ingredient, by report count.
Reaction (VeDDRA term) Reports Relative frequency
Death 141
Sedation prolonged 49
Cardiac arrest 44
Depression 42
Vomiting 38
Apnoea 37
Recovery prolonged 31
Ataxia 31
Death by euthanasia 30
Anorexia 30
Sedation 26
Convulsion 25
Elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) 23
Bradycardia 22
INEFFECTIVE, SEDATION 21
Fever 21
INEFFECTIVE, TRANQUILIZATION 21
Collapse (see also 'Cardio-vascular' and 'Systemic disorders') 19
Pale mucous membrane 18
Dyspnoea 18

Species affected

Source: openFDA VeDDRA
Dog 914 Cat 318 Horse 55 Human 8 Other 7 Cattle 6 Rabbit 4 Mouse 4 Pig 3 Other Rodents 1

Regulatory context

New Animal Drug Application (NADA). A pioneer approval evaluated for target animal safety, therapeutic effectiveness, manufacturing controls and — for food-producing species — human food safety including residue depletion.

Extra-label use in food-producing animals is governed by the Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act of 1994 (AMDUCA) and 21 CFR Part 530. It requires a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship and is prohibited outright for certain drug classes. Withdrawal times are determined by FARAD, not by this index.

Sources for this page

Animal Drugs @ FDA FDA CVM Applications, sponsor, status, withdrawal
Animal & Veterinary Events FDA CVM VeDDRA adverse event aggregates by active ingredient