MedDRA preferred term

Complication associated with device: adverse event reports recording this term

13,046 reports to FDA record it, 2005–2026; 0.1% of the database.

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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. openFDA, FDA

FDA adds: "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 "cannot be used to estimate the incidence of these events."

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13,046
reports recording the term: 0.1% of all reports; 636
reports, 12 months to June 2026: 700 in the 12 months before; 61%
marked serious by the reporter: 57.4% across all reports; 2.7%
record death among outcomes, as reported: 9.1% across all reports

"Complication associated with device" is a MedDRA preferred term recorded in 13,046 adverse event reports received by FDA, 0.1% of the database, from March 2005 to June 2026. The term is chosen by whoever codes the report to match what the reporter described.

636 reports recorded it in the 12 months to June 2026, close to the 700 of the 12 months before. FDA releases FAERS data quarterly, so the newest months are incomplete and grow in later releases. Of reports recording this term, 61% are marked serious, 2.7% include death among the outcomes and 24.7% include hospitalisation, as reported.

The drugs listed most often as suspect products in those reports are Nexplanon, ParaGard T 380A and Implanon. That order mostly follows how many reports each drug has overall; the table also gives the term's share within each drug's own reports. 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

FDA releases FAERS data quarterly, so the newest months are incomplete and grow in later releases.

Drugs listed as suspect products in these reports

Drug	Class	Reports with this term	Share of the drug's own reports
Nexplanon	Progestin	5,056	11.6%
ParaGard T 380A	Copper-containing intrauterine device	1,262	3%
Implanon	—	747	7.9%
Lioresal (baclofen)	gamma-Aminobutyric acid-ergic agonist	274	2.5%
Mirena	Progestin	270	0.2%
Humira	—	269	0%
Remodulin	Prostacycline vasodilator	267	0.6%
Etonogestrel	Progestin	243	11.5%
Baclofen	gamma-Aminobutyric acid-ergic agonist	221	1%
Flolan	—	198	4.5%
Treprostinil	Prostacycline vasodilator	182	3.2%
Opsumit	Endothelin receptor antagonist	166	0.4%
Veletri	Prostacycline vasodilator	152	1.7%
Teduglutide	GLP-2 analog	151	1.6%
Ambrisentan	Endothelin receptor antagonist	114	0.2%
Entresto	Angiotensin 2 receptor blocker	86	0.1%
Etonogestrel Implant- Unknown	—	82	19.7%
Duopa	Aromatic amino acid	73	0.9%
Stelara	Interleukin-12 antagonist	64	0.1%
Tremfya	Interleukin-23 antagonist	62	0.2%
Implanon Nxt	—	56	13.4%
Duodopa	—	50	0.3%
Compounded Baclofen	—	48	4.5%
Prolia	RANK ligand inhibitor	48	0%
Human immunoglobulin g	Human immunoglobulin G	46	0.3%

Drugs with a page on this site, ordered by the number of their reports recording this term. The last column is the term's share within that drug's own reports, against 0.1% across the whole database. 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."

By pharmacologic class

Class	Reports with this term	Share of class reports	Median drug in class
Progestin	5,646	1.9%	0%
Copper-containing intrauterine device	1,262	2.9%	1.5%
Prostacycline vasodilator	667	0.6%	0.4%
gamma-Aminobutyric acid-ergic agonist	508	1.4%	1%
Endothelin receptor antagonist	337	0.2%	0.1%
GLP-2 analog	168	1.3%	1%
Aromatic amino acid	121	0.2%	0%
Opioid agonist	120	0%	0%
Tumor necrosis factor blocker	109	0%	0%
Angiotensin 2 receptor blocker	96	0%	0%

Classes ordered by count. Class shares follow the class's overall report volume as much as anything else.

Patients in these reports

Patient age

Under 20.5%59

2 to 111.3%174

12 to 172.9%373

18 to 4435.8%4,666

45 to 6410.2%1,337

65 to 745.1%669

75 and over3.3%437

Age not given40.9%5,331

Patient sex

Female80.7%10,533

Male14.8%1,929

Not given4.5%584

Grey bar: all 20,646,523 reports in the database. 83.7% of these reports give the United States as the country.

Questions about "Complication associated with device"

What does "Complication associated with device" mean in an adverse event report?

It is a MedDRA preferred term, the dictionary FDA uses to code what a reporter described. The report's own description is not published by openFDA and is not shown here.

How many reports record complication associated with device?

13,046 reports through June 2026 (0.1% of all reports), 636 of them in the latest 12 months.

Which drugs appear most often in these reports?

Nexplanon (5,056), ParaGard T 380A (1,262), Implanon (747), Lioresal (baclofen) (274) and Mirena (270). Drugs with many reports overall lead almost every term's list. 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."

Does a drug appearing here mean it was responsible for this reaction?

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."

I have this symptom. What should I do?

This site cannot assess anyone. A pharmacist or clinician can; for an emergency, call the local emergency number. Nothing on this page is medical advice.

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. Terms are pooled across spelling and capitalisation variants of one MedDRA preferred term. 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.