MedDRA preferred term · the bowel stopped moving

Ileus: adverse event reports recording this term

12,092 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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12,092
reports recording the term: 0.1% of all reports; 1,045
reports, 12 months to June 2026: 751 in the 12 months before; 99.1%
marked serious by the reporter: 57.4% across all reports; 17.4%
record death among outcomes, as reported: 9.1% across all reports

12,092 reports in FDA's adverse event database record the MedDRA term "Ileus" (in plain words, the bowel stopped moving): 0.1% of all reports received between January 2004 and June 2026. Coders pick the term that best matches the reporter's description.

1,045 reports recorded it in the 12 months to June 2026, up 39% from 751 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, 99.1% are marked serious, 17.4% include death among the outcomes and 71.4% include hospitalisation, as reported.

The drugs listed most often as suspect products in those reports are Ozempic, Humira and Carboplatin. 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
Ozempic	GLP-1 receptor agonist	599	1.1%
Humira	—	513	0.1%
Carboplatin	Platinum-based drug	309	0.3%
Bevacizumab	Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor	301	0.6%
Oxaliplatin	Platinum-based drug	268	0.4%
Dexamethasone	Corticosteroid	254	0.2%
Cyclophosphamide	Alkylating drug	253	0.2%
Fluorouracil	Nucleoside metabolic inhibitor	251	0.4%
Mounjaro	GLP-1 receptor agonist	244	0.3%
Trulicity	GLP-1 receptor agonist	238	0.3%
Rituximab	CD20-directed cytolytic antibody	233	0.1%
Methotrexate	Folate analog metabolic inhibitor	219	0.1%
Prednisone	Corticosteroid	219	0.1%
Avastin	Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor	214	0.4%
Vincristine	—	212	0.4%
Clozapine	Atypical antipsychotic	210	0.3%
Paclitaxel	Microtubule inhibitor	207	0.3%
Capecitabine	Nucleoside metabolic inhibitor	195	0.4%
Cisplatin	Platinum-based drug	184	0.3%
Etoposide	Topoisomerase inhibitor	176	0.3%
Prednisolone	Corticosteroid	174	0.2%
Cytarabine	Nucleoside metabolic inhibitor	171	0.3%
Revlimid	Thalidomide analog	161	0%
Velcade	Proteasome inhibitor	151	0.4%
Doxorubicin	Anthracycline topoisomerase inhibitor	150	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
GLP-1 receptor agonist	1,350	0.3%	0.2%
Nucleoside metabolic inhibitor	892	0.3%	0.1%
Platinum-based drug	761	0.3%	0.3%
Corticosteroid	742	0.1%	0%
Atypical antipsychotic	627	0.1%	0%
Kinase inhibitor	599	0.1%	0%
Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor	540	0.3%	0%
Alkylating drug	468	0.2%	0.1%
Programmed death Receptor-1 blocking antibody	421	0.2%	0.2%
Opioid agonist	412	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%64

2 to 112%239

12 to 171.6%192

18 to 4410.7%1,290

45 to 6425.6%3,092

65 to 7417.2%2,078

75 and over12.9%1,564

Age not given29.5%3,573

Patient sex

Female42%5,083

Male43.4%5,242

Not given14.6%1,767

Grey bar: all 20,646,523 reports in the database. 36.2% of these reports give the United States as the country.

Questions about "Ileus"

What does "Ileus" mean in an adverse event report?

In plain language: the bowel stopped moving. 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 ileus?

12,092 reports through June 2026 (0.1% of all reports), 1,045 of them in the latest 12 months.

Which drugs appear most often in these reports?

Ozempic (599), Humira (513), Carboplatin (309), Bevacizumab (301) and Oxaliplatin (268). 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.