Bss: adverse event reports filed with FDA

1,047

reports as suspect product

0% of all reports · about 47 a year

41

reports, 12 months to June 2026

43 in the 12 months before

89.6%

marked serious by the reporter

54.5% across the class

0.4%

record death among outcomes, as reported

4 reports · not verified by FDA

Reports by month, five years

Reports by the month FDA received them. FDA releases FAERS data quarterly, so the newest months are incomplete and grow in later releases.

By year received

2026 covers reports received through June 2026 only.

Reactions recorded in the reports

share of Bss reports recording the termmedian drug in osmotic laxative

1. Toxic anterior segment syndrome43.2%452
2. Endophthalmitisinfection inside the eye25.1%263
3. Eye inflammation9.2%96
4. Hypopyon9.2%96
5. Off label useused for a purpose or in a way not on the label7.4%77
6. Corneal oedema7.3%76
7. Anterior chamber cell6%63
8. Eye paineye pain6%63
9. Vision blurredblurred vision5.2%54
10. Post procedural complicationa complication after a procedure4.7%49
11. Anterior chamber fibrin4.2%44
12. Visual acuity reducedreduced sharpness of vision4.1%43
13. Visual impairmentreduced vision4.1%43
14. Aqueous fibrin3.9%41
15. Ocular hyperaemiaa red eye3.9%41
16. Vitritis3.4%36
17. Product quality issuea problem with the product itself3.2%33
18. Corneal opacity2.9%30
19. Foreign body in eyesomething in the eye2.6%27
20. Inflammationinflammation2.6%27
21. Intraocular pressure increasedraised pressure in the eye2.5%26
22. Keratopathy2.3%24
23. Conjunctivitispink eye2.2%23
24. Blindness unilateral2%21
25. Uveitis2%21
26. Multiple use of single-use product1.9%20
27. Eye oedema1.8%19
28. Wrong technique in product usage processthe product was used in the wrong way1.8%19
29. Anterior chamber disorder1.7%18
30. Eye irritationeye irritation1.7%18

Top 30 of 165 MedDRA preferred terms recorded across these reports, with a plain-language gloss where one is available. One report can record several terms. The hollow bar is the median share across the 17 drugs in the osmotic laxative class; it describes the reports, not the patients. FDA states that adverse event reports "represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product", that "common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product", and that the data "by themselves are not an indicator of the safety profile of the drug or biologic."

Outcomes recorded

Outcome flags as the reporter set them; a report can carry several, and "other serious" is FDA's own category for serious reports outside the named outcomes. Grey bar: all 129,514 reports in the class. FDA has not verified any outcome and states that the reports "cannot be used to estimate the incidence of these events."

Patients and reporters

Age and sex as stated in the report; the reporter's qualification is the primary source recorded by FDA. 57.7% of reports give the United States as the country of the event or reporter.

Reason for use recorded

The indication field is filled in by the reporter and is often blank; shares are of all 1,047 reports.

In context

Shares are of reports, not of patients treated. The number of people taking a product is not in the data, so none of these figures is a rate, and differences between columns reflect who takes a product, who reports and how long it has been sold. FDA states that adverse event reports "represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product", that "common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product", and that the data "by themselves are not an indicator of the safety profile of the drug or biologic."

Other drugs in the osmotic laxative class

Ordered by report count for navigation only. FDA states that adverse event reports "represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product", that "common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product", and that the data "by themselves are not an indicator of the safety profile of the drug or biologic." A brand and its generic are separate rows because reporters name them separately.

Where this comes from. Counts are built from the openFDA Drug Adverse Event (FAERS) bulk export released 28 Sep 2026, which holds reports FDA received through 30 Jun 2026. Drug names are as reported, resolved to the brand or generic name on the FDA label where openFDA's harmonisation matched them; classes are the pharmacologic class (EPC) from the label and the National Drug Code Directory of 17 Sep 2026. A report counts here when it lists Bss as a suspect or interacting product; reports listing it only as a concomitant medication (93) are excluded. No report narrative, lot number, patient detail or reporter identity is published. See the methodology and sources; FDA's record is authoritative, and corrections are handled within five working days.