Drug profile

The FDA adverse-event record for Unknown Medication

715 FDA reports name Unknown Medication, a high-volume drug in the CVM extract. Species, reactions, and outcomes follow.

#231 of 2,679
by report volume (all drugs)
715
adverse-event reports
14.1%
death-coded share
Dog
most-reported species

Corpus placement

According to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA adverse-event extract, Unknown Medication ranks #231 of 2679 by total reports (715) and #396 of 1130 by death-coded share (14.1%). National dual: Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad is #1 of 2679 drugs by total adverse-event reports (149,624) at death-coded-share rank 965 of 1130 drugs with at least 50 reports (2.3%); separately, Atlantic Salmon Transgenic Whole (Opafp-Ghc2 Rdna Construct Inserted Into The A-Locus In The Eo-1A Lineage) is #1 highest death-coded share at 97.8% (report rank #821).

149,624
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad reports (#1)
97.8%
Atlantic Salmon Transgenic Whole (Opafp-Ghc2 Rdna Construct Inserted Into The A-Locus In The Eo-1A Lineage) death share (#1)
#231
This drug, reports of 2679
#396
This drug, death share of 1130

Report volume reflects how common a breed or drug is and how often owners and vets file — not actual risk. Death-coded share ranks are limited to entries with enough reports to be meaningful. The two maps do not agree at #1.

Release-over-release change

What changed in the latest FDA data snapshot

PlainBreed reconstructed the prior snapshot from dated openFDA partitions through 2025 Q4, then compared it with the 2026-07-27 openFDA export. Unknown Medication has 715 reports now versus 710 in that prior snapshot: 5 more (0.7%).

Report change
+5
Death-coded reports
+1
Death-coded share
+0.0 pts

This compares reported-event counts in two source snapshots. It does not establish a change in real-world risk, product safety, or disease incidence.

Subscribe to Unknown Medication changes

Signature read: death-coded report count at 101 is the most distinctive stamp on Unknown Medication's FDA AER row.

Important: Adverse event reports do not establish that a drug caused or contributed to the event. Consult your veterinarian before making treatment decisions.
715
Total Reports
101
Deaths Reported
14.1%
Death-coded share of reports

Active Ingredients

Unknown Medication

Administration Routes

UnknownOralParenteralTopicalSubcutaneousIntravenousAuricular (Otic)OtherIntradermalIntramammary

Species Affected

Dog 457
Cat 208
Human 37
Cattle 8
Pig 2
Chicken 1
Cephalopoda 1
Horse 1

Most Affected Breeds

Domestic Shorthair 108
Retriever - Labrador 54
Cat (unknown) 44
Dog (unknown) 40
Unknown 37
Chihuahua 25
Crossbred Canine/dog 23
Shih Tzu 20
Retriever - Golden 19
Shepherd Dog - German 16

Most Reported Reactions

Vomiting 128
Behavioural disorder NOS 72
Not eating 62
Death by euthanasia 61
Diarrhoea 60
Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in Neurological) 50
Other abnormal test result NOS 49
Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 44
Lack of efficacy - NOS 42
Death 42
Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea 38
Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 33

Outcome Breakdown

Outcome Unknown
272 (37.4%)
Recovered/Normal
179 (24.6%)
Ongoing
168 (23.1%)
Euthanized
61 (8.4%)
Died
42 (5.8%)
Recovered with Sequela
6 (0.8%)

Unknown Medication: high report volume in the FDA AER row

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, a widely-prescribed drug will rack up more raw FDA reports in a given year than a rarely-used one at an identical true rate, so we recommend comparing within similar-exposure products rather than across the full 2025 catalog.

High-volume nationwide drug peers

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Unknown Medication, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other drugs by death-coded share (14.1% here), distinct from the volume row.

What to do with this drug

A report does not prove a drug caused the reaction; consult a veterinarian before acting on this data.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Unknown Medication (#231 of 2,679 by report volume); death-coded 14.1%. PlainBreed drug row · death-coded report count stamp 101 · vintage 2025.

Informational only. FDA adverse-event reports are voluntary and do not prove causation; consult a veterinarian before acting on them. Verify with FDA CVM →