FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

SYNVISC ONE

MDR report key: 3913097 · Received June 30, 2014

Report

Report Number
MW5037013
Event Type
Other
Date Received
June 30, 2014
Date of Event
April 17, 2014
Report Date
June 27, 2014
Product Code
MOZ
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

I RECEIVED A SYNVISC ONE SHOT TO BOTH KNEES AND INSTANTLY HAD PAIN AND COULD NOT WALK OUT OF THE OFFICE, THINKING THIS WAS NORMAL, I MANAGED TO GET MY SELF HOME ONTO THE COUCH WHERE I COULD NOT WALK FOR 2 DAYS, FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS I COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT MY KNEES THEN MY RIGHT KNEE WOULD NOT WORK. I CAN ONLY USE MY LEFT KNEE. MY RIGHT LEG NO LONGER WILL BEND. I WENT BACK TO THE DOCTOR AND HE SAID I SHOULD HAVE A CORTISONE SHOT AND I SHOULD BE FINE. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT PRIOR TO THE SYNVISC SHOT I WAS PLAYING RACQUET BALL THREE TIMES A WEEK AND NO I'M USING A CANE. I HAVE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PRODUCT AND THEY DID MENTION THAT SOME PEOPLE END UP WITH A GAIT DISTURBANCE, BUT THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME SOME SORT OF COURSE OF ACTION, BASICALLY GOOD LUCK. I AM HEADING TO A NEW DOCTOR AND HOPEFULLY HE CAN DO SOMETHING FOR ME. I HAVE BEEN ON MAY WEBSITES AND READ MAY BAD REVIEWS BUT CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANY ANSWERS. SINCERELY (B)(6). DIAGNOSIS OR REASON FOR USE: ARTHRITIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
378902 SYNVISC ONE INTRA-ARTICULAR HYULUROMIC ACID MOZ

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 59 YR