MedDRA preferred term

Coordination abnormal: adverse event reports recording this term

13,799 reports to FDA record it, 2004–2026; 0.1% of the database.

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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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13,799
reports recording the term: 0.1% of all reports; 433
reports, 12 months to June 2026: 512 in the 12 months before; 71.8%
marked serious by the reporter: 57.4% across all reports; 2.7%
record death among outcomes, as reported: 9.1% across all reports

13,799 reports in FDA's adverse event database record the MedDRA term "Coordination abnormal": 0.1% of all reports received between January 2004 and June 2026. Coders pick the term that best matches the reporter's description.

433 reports recorded it in the 12 months to June 2026, down 15% from 512 in 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, 71.8% are marked serious, 2.7% include death among the outcomes and 32.9% include hospitalisation, as reported.

The drugs listed most often as suspect products in those reports are Tysabri, Avonex and Lyrica. 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
Tysabri	Integrin receptor antagonist	1,172	0.7%
Avonex	Interferon beta	913	0.8%
Lyrica	—	438	0.4%
Aspirin	Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug	357	0.5%
Gabapentin	Anti-epileptic agent	328	0.4%
Tecfidera	—	309	0.3%
Lipitor	HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor	282	0.5%
Rituximab	CD20-directed cytolytic antibody	282	0.2%
Irbesartan	Angiotensin 2 receptor blocker	281	2.8%
Amlodipine	Calcium channel blocker	266	0.5%
Prednisone	Corticosteroid	266	0.1%
Gilenya	Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator	265	0.3%
Metformin	Biguanide	257	0.4%
Methotrexate	Folate analog metabolic inhibitor	256	0.1%
Acetaminophen	Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug	249	0.3%
Januvia	Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor	240	0.8%
Cosentyx	Interleukin-17A antagonist	214	0.1%
Calcium carbonate	Blood coagulation factor	210	2.4%
Diphenhydramine hydrochloride	Histamine-1 receptor antagonist	205	3.7%
Ampyra	Potassium channel blocker	200	0.4%
Lamictal	Anti-epileptic agent	200	0.6%
Bisoprolol	beta-Adrenergic blocker	191	0.8%
Enbrel	Tumor necrosis factor blocker	188	0%
Carbamazepine	Mood stabilizer	187	0.8%
Cymbalta	Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor	186	0.4%

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
Anti-epileptic agent	1,256	0.5%	0.2%
Integrin receptor antagonist	1,191	0.5%	0.4%
Interferon beta	1,045	0.6%	0.2%
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug	830	0.2%	0%
Atypical antipsychotic	810	0.1%	0.1%
Proton pump inhibitor	699	0.1%	0%
Angiotensin 2 receptor blocker	698	0.3%	0%
Histamine-1 receptor antagonist	662	0.5%	0%
Corticosteroid	643	0.1%	0%
Serotonin reuptake inhibitor	572	0.2%	0.2%

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%75

2 to 111.9%259

12 to 171.1%148

18 to 4417.8%2,451

45 to 6426.4%3,640

65 to 7411%1,512

75 and over7.1%974

Age not given34.4%4,740

Patient sex

Female58.6%8,081

Male35.4%4,890

Not given6%828

Grey bar: all 20,646,523 reports in the database. 58.5% of these reports give the United States as the country.

Questions about "Coordination abnormal"

What does "Coordination abnormal" 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 coordination abnormal?

13,799 reports through June 2026 (0.1% of all reports), 433 of them in the latest 12 months.

Which drugs appear most often in these reports?

Tysabri (1,172), Avonex (913), Lyrica (438), Aspirin (357) and Gabapentin (328). 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.