FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EFFERDENT ANTIBACTERIAL DENTURE CLEANSER

MDR report key: 315350 · Received February 8, 2001

Report

Report Number
2623619-2001-00002
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 8, 2001
Date of Event
December 29, 2000
Report Date
February 7, 2001
Manufacturer
WARNER-LAMBERT CO.
Product Code
EFT
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

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.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
4716 EFFERDENT ANTIBACTERIAL DENTURE CLEANSER DENTURE PRODUCT EFT WARNER-LAMBERT CO. UNK UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR Hospitalization