FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SYNVISC ONE

MDR report key: 7762272 · Received August 7, 2018

Report

Report Number
MW5078923
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 7, 2018
Date of Event
May 17, 2018
Report Date
August 7, 2018
Manufacturer
GENZYME CORPORATION
Product Code
MOZ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
WI, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FOR 8 YEARS CALLER RECEIVED BILATERAL SYNVISC ONE INJECTIONS EVERY 6 MONTHS. ON (B)(6) 2018, CALLER LEFT THE DR'S OFFICE AFTER RECEIVING INJECTION, "FEELING FUNNY". LATER THAT NIGHT, HE BEGAN TO FEEL HEAT, SWELLING, AND WEAKNESS IN BOTH LEGS. HE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE OR WALK; HIS WIFE GAVE HIM FLUIDS AND CALLED THE DR'S OFFICE IN THE MORNING TO REPORT SYMPTOMS. CALLER BEGAN TO FEEL BETTER 24 HRS LATER, HOWEVER HE STILL SUFFERS FROM MUSCLE PAIN, WEAKNESS, AND ACHING. AFTER SEEKING SECOND OPINIONS FROM SEVERAL DRS AND CONTACTING POISON CONTROL, CALLER WAS INFORMED NUMEROUS INJECTIONS OF SYNVISC IS CONTRAINDICATED DUE TO THE INCREASED PROBABILITY OF TOXIC REACTION WITH EACH INJECTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
601145 SYNVISC ONE ACID, HYALURONIC, INTRAARTICULAR MOZ GENZYME CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention