FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ORTHOVISC INJ 15MG/ML

MDR report key: 7009668 · Received November 8, 2017

Report

Report Number
MW5073179
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 8, 2017
Date of Event
November 3, 2017
Report Date
November 3, 2017
Manufacturer
UNK
Product Code
MOZ
UDI-DI
59676036001
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT STATED THAT AFTER RECEIVING HER SECOND SET OF INJECTIONS FOR BILATERAL KNEES MONTHS AGO. SHE STARTED DEVELOPING ISSUES WITH HER MOUTH THAT WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS PEMPHIGOID (MUCOUS MEMBRANE TYPE IN MOUTH). PATIENT STATED SHE FEELS AS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME SORT OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE TIMING OF THE ORTHOVISC INJECTIONS AND ONSET OF PEMPHIGOID ONSET. SHE IS NOW BEING TREATED WITH PREDNISONE AND CELLCEPT FOR THIS CONDITION AND WILL RECEIVE ANOTHER SET OF KNEE INJECTIONS THIS MONTH. IS THE PRODUCT COMPOUNDED: NO. IS THE PRODUCT OVER-THE-COUNTER: NO.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
790666 ORTHOVISC INJ 15MG/ML ACID, HYALURONIC, INTRAARTICULAR MOZ UNK 59676036001

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 61 YR