UpCard®-CA1 — veterinary medication

Overview

Source: Animal Drugs @ FDA

Proprietary name

UpCard®-CA1

Active ingredient

Torsemide

Application type

CNADA

Sponsor

Vetoquinol USA, Inc.

Applications on record

1

First published

May 14, 2026

Adverse event reports

Source: openFDA VeDDRA

39

Reports mentioning this ingredient

May 1, 2013 – March 21, 2026

14

Classified serious

per reporter assessment

1

Lack of expected efficacy

resistance signal

1

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 “TORSEMIDE”. 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
Elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN)	9
Elevated creatinine	6
Vomiting	5
Cough	4
Hypochloraemia	3
Restlessness	3
Polyuria	3
Hypokalaemia	3
Azotaemia	3
Death by euthanasia	2
Respiratory distress	2
Decreased appetite	2
Anorexia	2
Urine leakage	2
Urinary incontinence	2
Panting	2
Enlarged lymph node (localised)	2
Decreased urine concentration	2
Atrial fibrillation	1
Lung oedema	1

Species affected

Source: openFDA VeDDRA

Dog 31 Cat 7

Regulatory context

Conditional approval (CNADA). Authorised under the Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Health Act of 2004. Conditional approval requires complete demonstration of safety and manufacturing consistency but permits commercial distribution on a reasonable expectation of effectiveness while confirmatory clinical trials are completed. CNADAs are granted for one-year terms, renewable up to five years.

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