MedDRA preferred term

Haemodialysis: adverse event reports recording this term

8,286 reports to FDA record it, 2004–2026; 0% 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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8,286
reports recording the term: 0% of all reports; 74
reports, 12 months to June 2026: 92 in the 12 months before; 97.9%
marked serious by the reporter: 57.4% across all reports; 23%
record death among outcomes, as reported: 9.1% across all reports

8,286 reports in FDA's adverse event database record the MedDRA term "Haemodialysis": 0% of all reports received between January 2004 and June 2026. Coders pick the term that best matches the reporter's description.

74 reports recorded it in the 12 months to June 2026, down 20% from 92 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, 97.9% are marked serious, 23% include death among the outcomes and 65.6% include hospitalisation, as reported.

The drugs listed most often as suspect products in those reports are Aranesp, Metformin hcl and Metformin. 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
Aranesp	Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent	918	2.5%
Metformin hcl	Biguanide	346	3.1%
Metformin	Biguanide	223	0.3%
Metformin hydrochloride	Biguanide	216	0.9%
Prevacid	Proton pump inhibitor	190	0.5%
Cyclosporine	Calcineurin inhibitor immunosuppressant	156	0.4%
Omeprazole	Proton pump inhibitor	146	0.2%
Prevacid 24 HR	Proton pump inhibitor	129	0.6%
Cytarabine	Nucleoside metabolic inhibitor	128	0.3%
Nexium	Proton pump inhibitor	125	0.1%
Soliris	Complement inhibitor	125	0.2%
Methotrexate	Folate analog metabolic inhibitor	123	0.1%
Prograf	Calcineurin inhibitor immunosuppressant	121	0.6%
Prednisone	Corticosteroid	119	0.1%
Mycophenolate mofetil	Antimetabolite immunosuppressant	113	0.1%
Pantoprazole	Proton pump inhibitor	113	0.3%
Prednisolone	Corticosteroid	113	0.1%
Vancomycin	Glycopeptide antibacterial	109	0.4%
Simvastatin	HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor	101	0.3%
Prilosec	Proton pump inhibitor	99	0.2%
Tacrolimus	Calcineurin inhibitor immunosuppressant	98	0.1%
Cyclophosphamide	Alkylating drug	92	0.1%
Lisinopril	Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor	92	0.2%
Etoposide	Topoisomerase inhibitor	89	0.1%
Lithium carbonate	Mood stabilizer	87	1.2%

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% 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
Proton pump inhibitor	1,129	0.2%	0.2%
Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent	966	1.5%	0.2%
Biguanide	787	0.7%	0.3%
Calcineurin inhibitor immunosuppressant	435	0.2%	0.1%
Corticosteroid	397	0%	0%
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug	360	0.1%	0%
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor	216	0.1%	0%
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor	207	0.2%	0.1%
Nucleoside metabolic inhibitor	205	0.1%	0%
Alkylating drug	168	0.1%	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%43

2 to 111.6%134

12 to 172.4%199

18 to 4416.6%1,376

45 to 6429.1%2,409

65 to 7416.9%1,403

75 and over11.9%990

Age not given20.9%1,732

Patient sex

Female42.9%3,558

Male51.6%4,279

Not given5.4%449

Grey bar: all 20,646,523 reports in the database. 36.8% of these reports give the United States as the country.

Questions about "Haemodialysis"

What does "Haemodialysis" 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 haemodialysis?

8,286 reports through June 2026 (0% of all reports), 74 of them in the latest 12 months.

Which drugs appear most often in these reports?

Aranesp (918), Metformin hcl (346), Metformin (223), Metformin hydrochloride (216) and Prevacid (190). 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.