MedDRA preferred term

Intracranial pressure increased: adverse event reports recording this term

5,482 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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5,482
reports recording the term: 0% of all reports; 316
reports, 12 months to June 2026: 304 in the 12 months before; 98.8%
marked serious by the reporter: 57.4% across all reports; 19%
record death among outcomes, as reported: 9.1% across all reports

"Intracranial pressure increased" is a MedDRA preferred term recorded in 5,482 adverse event reports received by FDA, 0% of the database, from January 2004 to June 2026. The term is chosen by whoever codes the report to match what the reporter described.

316 reports recorded it in the 12 months to June 2026, close to the 304 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, 98.8% are marked serious, 19% include death among the outcomes and 47.9% include hospitalisation, as reported.

The drugs listed most often as suspect products in those reports are Mirena, Methotrexate and Prednisone. 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
Mirena	Progestin	192	0.1%
Methotrexate	Folate analog metabolic inhibitor	143	0.1%
Prednisone	Corticosteroid	141	0.1%
Acetaminophen	Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug	129	0.1%
Tacrolimus	Calcineurin inhibitor immunosuppressant	114	0.1%
Doxycycline	Tetracycline-class drug	112	0.6%
Humira	—	111	0%
Mycophenolate mofetil	Antimetabolite immunosuppressant	88	0.1%
Cyclophosphamide	Alkylating drug	86	0.1%
Cytarabine	Nucleoside metabolic inhibitor	86	0.2%
Cyclosporine	Calcineurin inhibitor immunosuppressant	85	0.2%
Prednisolone	Corticosteroid	72	0.1%
Dexamethasone	Corticosteroid	50	0%
Minocycline	Tetracycline-class drug	50	0.9%
Risperidone	Atypical antipsychotic	50	0.1%
Saizen	—	47	1.7%
Spinraza	Antisense oligonucleotide	46	0.6%
Methylprednisolone	Corticosteroid	45	0.1%
Paracetamol	—	44	0.2%
Fluconazole	Azole antifungal	43	0.3%
Genotropin	—	41	0.1%
Trastuzumab	HER2/neu receptor antagonist	41	0.1%
Tretinoin	Retinoid	41	1.2%
Capecitabine	Nucleoside metabolic inhibitor	37	0.1%
Ciprofloxacin	Fluoroquinolone antibacterial	37	0.1%

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
Corticosteroid	381	0%	0%
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug	244	0%	0%
Calcineurin inhibitor immunosuppressant	225	0.1%	0%
Atypical antipsychotic	224	0%	0%
Progestin	220	0.1%	0%
Nucleoside metabolic inhibitor	190	0.1%	0%
Tetracycline-class drug	178	0.5%	0.2%
Folate analog metabolic inhibitor	169	0.1%	0%
Alkylating drug	146	0.1%	0%
Antimetabolite immunosuppressant	127	0.1%	0.1%

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 21.5%82

2 to 1110.1%552

12 to 178.8%483

18 to 4429.8%1,636

45 to 6416.6%910

65 to 744.5%248

75 and over4.3%236

Age not given24.4%1,335

Patient sex

Female58.1%3,186

Male32.6%1,785

Not given9.3%511

Grey bar: all 20,646,523 reports in the database. 36.5% of these reports give the United States as the country.

Questions about "Intracranial pressure increased"

What does "Intracranial pressure increased" 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 intracranial pressure increased?

5,482 reports through June 2026 (0% of all reports), 316 of them in the latest 12 months.

Which drugs appear most often in these reports?

Mirena (192), Methotrexate (143), Prednisone (141), Acetaminophen (129) and Tacrolimus (114). 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.