FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

NIX ULTRA LICE TREATMENT KIT

MDR report key: 7922471 · Received October 1, 2018

Report

Report Number
3011801804-2018-00002
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 1, 2018
Date of Event
July 15, 2018
Report Date
August 13, 2018
Manufacturer
PRESTIGE BRANDS INC.
Product Code
LJL
PMA / PMN Number
K163401
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS SERIOUS CASE REPORTED TO COMPANY REFERS TO A (B)(6) FEMALE WITH A MEDICAL HISTORY OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, TREATED WITH METOPROLOL 25MG ONCE PER DAY. ON (B)(6) 2018, A CONSUMER USED NIX ULTRA LIQUID TO TREAT HEAD LICE AND EXPERIENCED HEADACHE, NAUSEA AND INCREASE IN BLOOD PRESSURE. CONSUMER APPLIED PRODUCT TO HAIR OVER A SINK AND THE PRODUCT ACCIDENTALLY "WENT UP HER NOSE": SHE INSTANTLY GOT A "POUNDING" HEADACHE AND WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION. BLOOD PRESSURE WAS REPORTED TO BE ELEVATED UPON ARRIVAL TO CLINIC. EXACT BP NOT KNOWN. CONSUMER WAS TREATED WITH CLONIDINE 0.1MG X2 WITH NO EFFECT ON LOWERING HER BP. CONSUMER WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BY HER SON AND UPON ARRIVAL HER BP 205/94. SHE WAS TREATED WITH "IV BENADRYL AND PROMETHAZINE" THEN RELEASED HOME. ON (B)(6) 2018, CONSUMER RETURNED TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH "POUNDING HEADACHE, HIGH BP AND NAUSEA". CT OF THE HEAD WAS NEGATIVE. BP 199/99. CONSUMER WAS TREATED WITH "SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIPHENHYDRAMINE 50MG, DEXAMETHASONE 10MG, KETOROLAC 30MG, AND METOCLOPRAMIDE 5MG". IT WAS REPORTED THAT BP STABILIZED AT 156/77, HEADACHE SUBSIDED AND CONSUMER RELEASED HOME WITH AN INCREASED STRENGTH OF METOPROLOL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
765308 NIX ULTRA LICE TREATMENT KIT LICE REMOVAL KIT LJL PRESTIGE BRANDS INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 65 YR Hospitalization| L| O