An adverse effect, also known as an adverse event or reaction, may be seen when an animal has been treated and there are undesirable side effects, or the medicine may not work as expected. These effects may be seen in the animal being treated, but also in the person handling the medicine, or in the surrounding environment.
How to Report?
There are several ways to report:
- To your Vet or Retailer: It is a good idea to let your vet know if your animal has experienced a reaction as they can provide a full clinical history of the reaction.
- To the Marketing Authorisation Holder (MAH): Contact details are always given on product packaging, and the MAH (manufacturer) must collate this information and provide this to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD)
- To the VMD: Anyone can report adverse events directly to the VMD even if you have reported this elsewhere as there are internal processes to collate associated reports together.
If you suspect that a MiPet product is causing a reaction to you or your pet, we advise you contact your prescribing vet, who will be able to report this for you. Alternatively you can report using the electronic form in the Prescribing Practices section or directly to the VMD here (Report a suspected problem with an animal medicine or microchip - GOV.UK)
Reporting from a Prescribing Practice
Medicines
If you are reporting an adverse event for a MiPet product please use the adverse event digital form below, please click the icon to access the form. A user guide on how to complete the form is also available here
When reporting through the MiPet e-form please note the unique reference number generated by the submission and use that in any further communication if speaking to the MiPet team.
Microchips
If you are experiencing issues with MiPet Microchips, such as reactions to implantation, or a faulty microchip, this needs to be reported to the VMD (full details available here)
Microchipping_adverse_event_reporting_form.odt
