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Comtan adverse event reports that FDA received

Name type
Product name as reported

What a report is

A report is not proof that the drug was the cause of the event.

FDA says:

Adverse event reports submitted to FDA do not undergo extensive validation or verification. Therefore, a causal relationship cannot be established between product and reactions listed in a report. While a suspected relationship may exist, it is not medically validated and should not be the sole source of information for clinical decision making or other assumptions about the safety or efficacy of a product. Additionally, it is important to remember that adverse event reports represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product. Common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview, section "Responsible use of the data". The site read the page on . The data have the reports that FDA received through .

FDA also says:

There is no certainty that the reported event (adverse event or medication error) was actually due to the product. FDA does not require that a causal relationship between a product and event be proven, and reports do not always contain enough detail to properly evaluate an event. The information in these reports has not been scientifically or otherwise verified as to a cause and effect relationship and cannot be used to estimate the incidence of these events.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview. The site read the page on .

Do not rely on openFDA to make decisions regarding medical care. While we make every effort to ensure that data is accurate, you should assume all results are unvalidated.

Source: openFDA, Response of the drug event API (meta.disclaimer). The site read the page on .

Not medical advice. This site counts what was reported to FDA. Questions about a medicine or device belong with a pharmacist or clinician.

Drug reports received through . Device reports have a separate cutoff, 30 Sep 2026. Why a report count is not a rate.

Reports on file

From January 2004 to March 2026, FDA received 1,406 adverse event reports that name Comtan. The name is as reporters wrote it. In these reports the drug is a suspect or interacting product.

In the same period, 1,241 further reports name it only as a concomitant medicine. The counts on this page do not include these reports.

FDA received 7 reports in the 12 months to June 2026 and 11 in the 12 months before. FDA releases FAERS data every quarter, so the newest months are not complete. They grow in later releases.

Of the 1,332,454 drug reports that FDA received in the 12 months to June 2026, 7 (under 0.1%) name Comtan. Reports from consumers or other non-health professionals were 14.7% of the reports that name Comtan and 45.8% of all drug reports.

The number of people who use the product is not in the data. A count is not a rate. A count of reports is not a count of events or of patients, because one event can have more than one report.

There are many instances of duplicative reports and some reports do not contain all the necessary information.

Source: FDA, FDA Adverse Event Monitoring System (AEMS) Public Dashboard. Content current as of . The site read the page on .

Suspect product

FDA records each drug in a report as suspect, concomitant or interacting. This page counts the reports in which Comtan is suspect or interacting. FDA says:

Any number of the drugs may be marked as suspect if thought to be responsible for one or more of the reactions, but that information is not validated.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview. The site read the page on .

Data version

openFDA FAERS release of 29 Oct 2026. Reports received through 30 Jun 2026.

Since the last update

FDA says:

Many factors can influence whether or not an event will be reported, such as the time a product has been marketed and publicity about an event.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview. The site read the page on .

The information in these reports cannot be used to estimate the incidence (occurrence rates) of the events reported.

Source: FDA, FDA Adverse Event Monitoring System (AEMS) Public Dashboard. Content current as of . The site read the page on .

The latest update of the FDA data, recorded on , changed no count of this page.

  • In April to June 2026, FDA received 0 reports that name Comtan.
  • In January to March 2026, FDA received 2.
  • In April to June 2025, FDA received 0.

April to June 2026 is the latest closed quarter in the data. A closed quarter is a quarter for which the FDA files have most of the reports.

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Reaction lookup

These are the reaction terms that the reports record, with the number of reports for each term. Type a term or a plain word to find its count.

What this list leaves out

The table lists the 200 reaction terms that 5 or more reports record. A term with fewer than 5 reports is not in the table.

The site keeps reaction terms for 1,382 of the 1,406 reports (98.3%).

The reports of the other years are not in the counts.

So a count in the table can be lower than the count of FDA.

The table shows the first 50 of 200 terms.

Reaction terms in the reports that name Comtan, most reports first
Reaction term (MedDRA) and plain meaningReportsShare of the 1,406 reports
Hallucinationseeing or hearing things that are not there1359.6%
Dyskinesiainvoluntary movements1258.9%
Parkinson's disease1258.9%
Dysphagiadifficulty swallowing1248.8%
Falla fall1128%
Hallucination, visual644.6%
Condition aggravatedthe condition being treated got worse543.8%
Somnolencedrowsiness523.7%
Confusional stateconfusion513.6%
Gait disturbancedifficulty walking513.6%
Muscle rigidity513.6%
Pyrexiafever483.4%
Diarrhoealoose or frequent stools473.3%
Tremorshaking473.3%
Pneumonialung infection463.3%
Deaththe patient died; cause not stated by this term423%
Wrong technique in product usage processthe product was used in the wrong way423%
Feeling abnormalfeeling odd or not right412.9%
Anxiety402.8%
Blood creatine phosphokinase increased392.8%
Constipation382.7%
Delusiona fixed false belief382.7%
Drug ineffectivethe medicine did not work as expected382.7%
Neuroleptic malignant syndromea rare severe reaction with fever and rigidity382.7%
Akinesia362.6%
Dehydration362.6%
Drug interactionan interaction between medicines352.5%
Parkinson's disease352.5%
Pneumonia aspirationlung infection from breathing in material342.4%
Decreased appetitereduced appetite322.3%
Musculoskeletal stiffnessstiffness in muscles or joints322.3%
Wrong technique in drug usage processthe medicine was used in the wrong way302.1%
Malaisegeneral feeling of being unwell292.1%
Nauseafeeling sick292.1%
Aspartate aminotransferase increasedraised liver enzyme (AST)282%
Astheniaweakness or lack of energy282%
Dyspnoeashortness of breath282%
Weight decreasedweight loss282%
Drug effect decreasedthe medicine had less effect251.8%
Chromaturia241.7%
Dizzinesslight-headedness or unsteadiness241.7%
Insomniadifficulty sleeping241.7%
Alanine aminotransferase increasedraised liver enzyme (ALT)231.6%
Anaemialow red blood cells221.6%
Deliriumsudden confusion221.6%
Abnormal behaviourunusual behaviour211.5%
Blood pressure increaseda raised blood pressure reading201.4%
Movement disorder191.4%
Therapeutic response shortened191.4%
Agitationrestlessness171.2%

Download all 200 terms of Comtan (CSV)

The counts add to more than 1,406 reports, because one report can record more than one term. FDA says:

No individual drug is connected to any individual reaction. When a report lists multiple drugs and multiple reactions, there is no way to conclude from the data therein that a given drug is responsible for a given reaction.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview. The site read the page on .

The CSV file has the same rows and the same limits. Its last row is a note that says so.

MedDRA term

The person who codes a report selects the preferred term that agrees best with the description of the reporter. The words under a term are the plain meaning that this site gives.

Not the label

The FDA-approved label of a product lists its adverse reactions. See the official pages at the end of this page.

Outcomes by year

The table gives the outcomes that the reporters gave, in the terms of FDA.

Outcomes in the reports that name Comtan, by the year of the openFDA file that holds the report

The table continues to the right.

Year of the openFDA fileReportsSeriousDeathLife-threateningHospitalization (initial or prolonged)Disability or Permanent DamageCongenital Anomaly/Birth DefectOther Serious (Important Medical Events)Not serious
200466621061900324
20053534601710241
20069187274120564
200792872143200395
20081301271015030873
200910399944310724
20106161952420330
20113837131720231
201248471571900231
2013100981224330612
20148076933700374
20151181131746020635
2016105981014800647
201797875039205510
201810194814920597
20193226101000166
20203330501500193
2021191811600111
202219150033094
20231490030075
20241190130062
20251190050062
2026210010001

An outcome in a report is not proof that the drug was the cause. The reporter gives the outcome, and FDA does not verify it. FDA says:

The information in these reports has not been scientifically or otherwise verified as to a cause and effect relationship and cannot be used to estimate the incidence of these events.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview. The site read the page on .

The six headings with the names of FDA are the outcome terms of FDA. A report can have more than one outcome. The columns Serious and Not serious are the two values of the openFDA field serious. For the value serious, openFDA gives this description:

The adverse event resulted in death, a life threatening condition, hospitalization, disability, congenital anomaly, or other serious condition

Source: openFDA, Drug adverse event fields (YAML reference). The site read the page on .

The year is the year of the openFDA file that holds the latest version of the report. It is not always the year in which FDA first received the report. The chart of the next section uses the year of first receipt. The latest year is not complete.

Reports by year and month

Reports that name Comtan, by the year in which FDA received them
0100200200420082012201620202024

The column of 2026 has an outline, because the year is not complete. It has the reports that FDA received through June 2026 only.

Show the figures of the chart as a table
Reports that name Comtan, by the year in which FDA received them
YearReports
200460
200537
200691
200792
2008139
2009110
201065
201139
201259
201396
201484
2015134
201696
201779
201887
201931
202034
202121
202215
202314
202412
20259
20262
Reports that name Comtan, by month, five years to June 2026
051020222023202420252026

FDA releases FAERS data every quarter, so the newest months are not complete. They grow in later releases.

Why a count moves

A count moves for many reasons. The guide gives FDA's words about them.

Patients and reporters

Age of the patient in the reports that name Comtan
AgeReportsShareShare as a bar
Under 200%
2 to 1110.1%
12 to 1730.2%
18 to 4490.6%
45 to 6419413.8%
65 to 7435125%
75 and over40428.7%
Age not given44431.6%
Sex of the patient in the reports that name Comtan
SexReportsShareShare as a bar
Female62044.1%
Male68548.7%
Unknown or not given1017.2%
Type of reporter in the reports that name Comtan
ReporterReportsShareShare as a bar
Physician38927.7%
Pharmacist29420.9%
Other health professional16912%
Lawyer00%
Consumer or non-health professional20714.7%
Not given34724.7%

Age and sex are as the report gives them. The reporter is the primary source in the report. 12.5% of the reports give the United States as the country.

Reason for use

Reason for use (indication) that the reports of Comtan record
Indication as recorded (MedDRA)ReportsShare
Parkinson's disease47733.9%
Parkinson's disease38427.3%
Drug effect decreased765.4%
Therapeutic response shortened60.4%
Tremor40.3%
Extrapyramidal disorder30.2%

The reporter fills in the indication, and the field is often empty. Each share is of all 1,406 reports.

Pages near this one

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Official pages

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Cite this page

Reported Reactions. Comtan: adverse event reports that FDA received. https://reportedreactions.com/drug/comtan/ Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA Drug Adverse Event (FAERS) files, release of . Reports received through .

Where the data come from

The counts come from the openFDA Drug Adverse Event (FAERS) bulk files, release of 29 Oct 2026. The files have the reports that FDA received through 30 Jun 2026. A drug name is the name on the report. The site matches it to a brand name or a generic name of the National Drug Code Directory of 2 Nov 2026. A class is the pharmacologic class (EPC) of the FDA label.

A report is in the count when it names Comtan as a suspect or interacting product. The 1,241 reports that name it only as a concomitant medicine are not in the count. The site does not publish a report narrative, a lot number, a detail of a patient or the identity of a reporter. The record of FDA is the authority. See how the site counts reports, the data sources and the corrections page.

Questions

Do these reports show that Comtan was responsible for the reactions?

No. FDA says:

For any given report, there is no certainty that a suspected drug caused the event.

Source: FDA, FDA Adverse Event Monitoring System (AEMS) Public Dashboard. Content current as of . The site read the page on .

A reaction can relate to the condition that the drug treats, to other medicines, or to something else.

Is this the list of reactions on the label of Comtan?

No. It is a count of what people reported to FDA: 1,406 reports from January 2004 to March 2026. The FDA-approved label of a product lists its adverse reactions. The official pages at the end of this page link to the labels.

Who sent these reports?

Physician (27.7%), pharmacist (20.9%) and consumer or non-health professional (14.7%). These are the types of reporter for the reports that name this drug.

If a manufacturer receives an adverse event report, it is normally required to send the report to FDA.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview. The site read the page on .

How does a person report an adverse event?

FDA runs MedWatch, a program that takes voluntary reports from health professionals, patients and consumers. The guide on how to report has the links.