Description of Event or Problem · 1
A CONSUMER, WITH A 5 YEAR HISTORY OF ESOPHAGEAL ULCER, ACCIDENTALLY INGESTED 1 EFFERDENT ANTIBACTERIAL DENTURE CLEANSER TABLET (POTASSIUM MONOPERSULFATE, NA PERBORATE MONOHYDRATE) IN 12/00. NO ADVERSE EVENT WAS NOTED AFTER THE INGESTION. 10 DAYS LATER, THE CONSUMER BEGAN FEELING WEAK AND CONFUSED. THE CONSUMER WAS TAKEN TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM. A CAT SCAN, ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY AND COLONOSCOPY WERE PERFORMED WHICH REVEALED A BLEEDING ESOPHAGEAL ULCER. THE CONSUMER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADMITTED FOR HOSPITALIZATION AND THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A BLOOD TRANSFUSION. CONSUMER'S AXID (NIZATIDINE) THERAPY WAS CHANGED TO PROPULSID (CISAPRIDE) AND THE CONSUMER WAS GIVEN IRON AND VITAMIN C. THE CONSUMER WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL IN 1/01 AND TRANSFERRED TO A REHABILITATION CENTER FOR THERAPY.