MedDRA preferred term

Heavy menstrual bleeding: adverse event reports recording this term

7,846 reports to FDA record it, 2010–2026; 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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7,846
reports recording the term: 0% of all reports; 1,681
reports, 12 months to June 2026: 1,646 in the 12 months before; 54.2%
marked serious by the reporter: 57.4% across all reports; 0.3%
record death among outcomes, as reported: 9.1% across all reports

7,846 reports in FDA's adverse event database record the MedDRA term "Heavy menstrual bleeding": 0% of all reports received between July 2010 and June 2026. Coders pick the term that best matches the reporter's description.

1,681 reports recorded it in the 12 months to June 2026, close to the 1,646 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, 54.2% are marked serious, 0.3% include death among the outcomes and 10% include hospitalisation, as reported.

The drugs listed most often as suspect products in those reports are ParaGard T 380A, Nexplanon and Mirena. 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
ParaGard T 380A	Copper-containing intrauterine device	1,470	3.5%
Nexplanon	Progestin	889	2%
Mirena	Progestin	631	0.5%
Slynd	—	577	14.8%
Opill	—	243	18.9%
Myfembree	Gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor antagonist	233	15.7%
Dupixent	Interleukin-4 receptor alpha antagonist	105	0%
Mounjaro	GLP-1 receptor agonist	87	0.1%
Plan B One-Step	Progestin	84	0.2%
Kyleena	Progestin	82	1%
Humira	—	78	0%
Etonogestrel	Progestin	71	3.4%
Liletta	Progestin	71	0.7%
Oriahnn	—	65	10.9%
Sertraline	Serotonin reuptake inhibitor	64	0.1%
Xarelto	Factor Xa inhibitor	59	0%
Eliquis	Factor Xa inhibitor	54	0%
Methotrexate	Folate analog metabolic inhibitor	54	0%
Levonorgestrel	Progestin	53	2%
Ocrevus	CD20-directed cytolytic antibody	52	0.1%
Orilissa	Gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor antagonist	50	1.6%
Rituximab	CD20-directed cytolytic antibody	50	0%
Depo-Provera	Progestin	45	0.2%
Rivaroxaban	Factor Xa inhibitor	44	0.3%
Wegovy	GLP-1 receptor agonist	41	0.2%

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
Progestin	1,974	0.7%	0.2%
Copper-containing intrauterine device	1,470	3.4%	1.8%
Gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor antagonist	283	1%	0.8%
Factor Xa inhibitor	187	0.1%	0%
GLP-1 receptor agonist	182	0%	0%
CD20-directed cytolytic antibody	145	0%	0%
Serotonin reuptake inhibitor	133	0%	0%
Kinase inhibitor	123	0%	0%
Corticosteroid	118	0%	0%
Tumor necrosis factor blocker	109	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%0

2 to 110.3%27

12 to 173.4%270

18 to 4441.7%3,274

45 to 649.8%765

65 to 740.1%9

75 and over0%2

Age not given44.6%3,499

Patient sex

Female87.6%6,870

Male0.1%8

Not given12.3%968

Grey bar: all 20,646,523 reports in the database. 77.3% of these reports give the United States as the country.

Questions about "Heavy menstrual bleeding"

What does "Heavy menstrual bleeding" 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 heavy menstrual bleeding?

7,846 reports through June 2026 (0% of all reports), 1,681 of them in the latest 12 months.

Which drugs appear most often in these reports?

ParaGard T 380A (1,470), Nexplanon (889), Mirena (631), Slynd (577) and Opill (243). 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.