FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

SUPER POLIGRIP ORIGINAL CREAM

MDR report key: 1960019 · Received January 5, 2011

Report

Report Number
9681138-2011-00001
Event Type
Other
Date Received
January 5, 2011
Report Date
January 5, 2011
Manufacturer
GLAXOSMITHKLINE
Product Code
KOL
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SUPER POLIGRIP IS MFG IN (B)(4), AND THE PRODUCT WAS NOT AVAILABLE. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER AND DESCRIBED THE OCCURRENCE OF LOSS OF SMELL IN A (B)(6) FEMALE PT WHO USED SUPER POLIGRIP ORIGINAL DENTURE ADHESIVE CREAM AS A DENTURE ADHESIVE. A PHYSICIAN OR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL HAS NOT VERIFIED THIS REPORT. CO-SUSPECT MEDICATION INCLUDED ANOTHER UNSPECIFIED VARIANT OF SUPER POLIGRIP. ON AN UNK DATE, THE PT BEGAN USING SUPER POLIGRIP ORIGINAL AND ANOTHER SUPER POLIGRIP VARIANT. AN UNK TIME LATER, THE PT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF SMELL, STUMBLING SIDEWAYS AND FORWARD, AND LOSS OF BALANCE. SHE INDICATED THAT THIS BEGAN IN THE PAST WHEN SHE WAS USING TUBES OF SUPER POLIGRIP THAT CONTAINED ZINC. THIS CASE WAS ASSESSED AS MEDICALLY SERIOUS BY GSK. USE OF THE SUPER POLIGRIP PRODUCTS WAS CONTINUED. AT THE TIME OF REPORTING, THE EVENTS WERE UNRESOLVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SUPER POLIGRIP ORIGINAL CREAM DENTURE ADHESIVE KOL GLAXOSMITHKLINE R10333

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Other