FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PLENITY

MDR report key: 13691859 · Received March 7, 2022

Report

Report Number
MW5107918
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 7, 2022
Date of Event
March 1, 2022
Report Date
March 3, 2022
Manufacturer
GELESIS, INC.
Product Code
QFQ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
WI, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT
Health Professional
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Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

PLENITY PRESCRIPTION WEIGHT LOSS SUPPLEMENT. IT IS SUPPOSED TO EXPAND IN YOUR STOMACH TO MAKE YOU FEEL FULL. THE PILL GOT STUCK IN MY ESOPHAGUS AND EXPANDED THERE. THEY DID AN ENDOSCOPY BUT THE GEL WAS SO COAGULATED THEY HAD TROUBLE REMOVING IT. THEY DID EVENTUALLY GET IT BUT THERE WERE COMPLICATIONS AND I WAS HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN LIFE THREATENING, HAD I NOT GOTTEN TO THE ER RIGHT AWAY OR IF IT HAD LODGED HIGHER UP.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1527285 PLENITY INGESTED, TRANSIENT, SPACE OCCUPYING DEVICE FOR WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND/OR WEIGHT QFQ GELESIS, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 47 YR Female Hospitalization| L BREO INHALER| BUPOPRION| DAILY VITAMIN | DUPIXENT| VENLAFAXINE