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Brand name · Scopolamine

Transderm Scop: adverse event reports filed with FDA

1,498 reports list it as a suspect or interacting product, 2004–2026. Class: Anticholinergic.

1,498
reports as suspect product
0% of all reports · about 67 a year
15
reports, 12 months to June 2026
11 in the 12 months before
43%
marked serious by the reporter
39.6% across the class
1.3%
record death among outcomes, as reported
19 reports · not verified by FDA

Between April 2004 and June 2026, 1,498 adverse event reports received by FDA list the brand name Transderm Scop (scopolamine) as a suspect or interacting product. Reports that mention it only as a concomitant medication (592) are left out of every figure here.

In the 12 months to June 2026, 15 reports listed it, up 36% from 11 in the 12 months before. FDA releases FAERS data quarterly, so the newest months are incomplete and grow in later releases. Over its reporting history that is about 67 reports a year and 0% of the 20,646,523 reports in the database, and 0.9% of the reports for the anticholinergic class. How many people take it is not in the data, so a count is not a rate of occurrence.

The MedDRA terms listed most often are nausea (16%), dizziness (15.8%) and off label use (14.9%). A report can list several reactions, so shares add to more than 100%; 317 different terms appear across these reports. Nausea is recorded in 16% of these reports, a larger share than in the median anticholinergic drug (1.4%).

43% of the reports are marked serious by the reporter (39.6% across the class); 1.3% record death among the outcomes and 9.8% record hospitalisation, as reported. 74.7% of the reports came from consumers, and the largest patient age group is 45 to 64 (20.9%). FDA states that "a causal relationship cannot be established between product and reactions listed in a report" and that for any given report "there is no certainty that a suspected drug caused the event."

Reports by month, five years

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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

01733452004: 1320042005: 232006: 382007: 2520072008: 382009: 352010: 3120102011: 522012: 472013: 5620132014: 612015: 422016: 34520162017: 2102018: 1332019: 14620192020: 362021: 282022: 4120222023: 492024: 302025: 920252026: 10

2026 covers reports received through June 2026 only.

Reactions recorded in the reports

share of Transderm Scop reports recording the termmedian drug in anticholinergic

  1. Nauseafeeling sick16%239
  2. Dizzinesslight-headedness or unsteadiness15.8%237
  3. Off label useused for a purpose or in a way not on the label14.9%223
  4. Vision blurredblurred vision11.1%167
  5. Vomitingbeing sick10.9%163
  6. Product quality issuea problem with the product itself9.9%149
  7. Mydriasis8.1%122
  8. Dry mouthdry mouth7.3%109
  9. Malaisegeneral feeling of being unwell7.3%109
  10. Headachehead pain7.1%106
  11. Drug ineffectivethe medicine did not work as expected5.7%85
  12. Confusional stateconfusion5.6%84
  13. Feeling abnormalfeeling odd or not right5.5%83
  14. Product use in unapproved indicationused for a purpose not on the label5.3%80
  15. Application site erythemaredness where the product was applied5%75
  16. Application site pruritusitching where the product was applied4.5%68
  17. Wrong technique in product usage processthe product was used in the wrong way4.3%64
  18. Hallucinationseeing or hearing things that are not there3.9%59
  19. Vertigoa spinning sensation3.6%54
  20. Drug withdrawal syndromesymptoms on stopping a medicine3.4%51
  21. Fatiguetiredness3.4%51
  22. Balance disorderproblems with balance3.2%48
  23. Somnolencedrowsiness3.1%47
  24. Product use issuea problem in how the product was used3%45

Top 30 of 317 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 24 drugs in the anticholinergic 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

Death1.3%19
Life-threatening2.5%37
Hospitalisation (initial or prolonged)9.8%147
Disability3.1%46
Congenital anomaly0%0
Other serious35.2%528
Not serious57%854

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 159,807 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

Patient age

Under 20.3%5
2 to 111.3%20
12 to 171.4%21
18 to 4415.6%234
45 to 6420.9%313
65 to 749.2%138
75 and over9.6%144
Age not given41.6%623

Patient sex

Female65.6%982
Male22%330
Not given12.4%186

Who reported

Physician5.1%77
Pharmacist7.5%113
Other health professional5.7%85
Lawyer0.3%4
Consumer or non-health professional74.7%1,119
Not given6.7%100

Age and sex as stated in the report; the reporter's qualification is the primary source recorded by FDA. 92.8% of reports give the United States as the country of the event or reporter.

Reason for use recorded

Indication as recorded (MedDRA)ReportsShare
Motion sickness32521.7%
Nausea15610.4%
Vertigo845.6%
Salivary hypersecretion402.7%
Prophylaxis against motion sickness392.6%
Dizziness372.5%

The indication field is filled in by the reporter and is often blank; shares are of all 1,498 reports.

In context

MeasureTransderm ScopAnticholinergicAll reports
Reports as suspect product1,498159,80720,646,523
Share of that pool—0.9%0%
Reports, latest 12 months15—1,332,454
Marked serious43%39.6%57.4%
Death recorded among outcomes, per 1,000 reports136391
Hospitalisation recorded, per 1,000 reports98202213
Consumer-filed share74.7%70.6%45.8%
Top term, share of reportsNausea 16%median 1.4%3.8%

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 anticholinergic class

DrugName typeReportsLatest 12 monthsMarked serious
Tiotropium bromidegeneric76,91761632.3%
Trelegy Elliptabrand26,7952,47235.1%
Anoro Elliptabrand12,55434626.3%
Ipratropium bromidegeneric8,31040080.2%
Spiriva Respimatbrand5,58124649.3%
Incruse Elliptabrand4,57512936.1%
Tudorza Pressairbrand3,858832.1%
Stiolto Respimatbrand2,89917225.2%
Atropinegeneric2,38616095.7%
Glycopyrrolategeneric2,22525892.3%
Benztropinegeneric1,49216794.2%
Bevespi Aerospherebrand1,4676235.6%
Scopolaminegeneric1,26012568.6%
Atropine sulfategeneric1,1684784.7%
Aclidinium bromidegeneric1,0136398.6%

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.

Questions about Transderm Scop reports

How many adverse event reports has FDA received for Transderm Scop?

1,498 reports list Transderm Scop as a suspect or interacting product in the openFDA FAERS release of 28 Sep 2026, covering reports received through June 2026. 15 of them arrived in the latest 12 months. Another 592 list it only as a concomitant medication.

What reactions are recorded in Transderm Scop reports?

nausea (16%), dizziness (15.8%), off label use (14.9%), vision blurred (11.1%) and vomiting (10.9%). These are MedDRA preferred terms coded from what the reporter described; a report can list several, and a term's presence is not a finding that Transderm Scop was responsible.

How serious are the reports?

43% are marked serious by the reporter. Among the outcomes recorded, 1.3% of reports include death and 9.8% include hospitalisation. FDA has not verified these outcomes and states that the reports "cannot be used to estimate the incidence" of the events.

Who files these reports?

consumer or non-health professional (74.7%), pharmacist (7.5%) and not given (6.7%). Most reports reach FDA through the manufacturer, which must forward reports it receives.

Are reports for Transderm Scop rising?

15 reports in the 12 months to June 2026, up 36% from 11 in the 12 months before. FDA releases FAERS data quarterly, so the newest months are incomplete and grow in later releases. Counts also move with how many people take a product, its time on the market and publicity.

Do these reports show that Transderm Scop was responsible for these reactions?

No. FDA states that "a causal relationship cannot be established between product and reactions listed in a report" and that for any given report "there is no certainty that a suspected drug caused the event." The reaction may relate to the condition being treated, to other medicines, or to something else.

Is this a list of the side effects of Transderm Scop?

No. It is a count of what was reported to FDA. The adverse reactions observed in clinical studies are printed on the FDA-approved label, which a pharmacist or clinician can go through with you.

How do I report an adverse event?

Consumers and health professionals can report to FDA through MedWatch (Form FDA 3500 online, or 1-800-FDA-1088), or to the manufacturer, which must pass reports on. See the guide on how to report.

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 Transderm Scop as a suspect or interacting product; reports listing it only as a concomitant medication (592) 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.

Drug data (FAERS) through 30 Jun 2026; device data (MAUDE) through 31 Aug 2026. Not medical advice.