MedDRA preferred term

Micturition urgency: adverse event reports recording this term

11,154 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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11,154
reports recording the term: 0.1% of all reports; 705
reports, 12 months to June 2026: 674 in the 12 months before; 60.3%
marked serious by the reporter: 57.4% across all reports; 2.7%
record death among outcomes, as reported: 9.1% across all reports

"Micturition urgency" is a MedDRA preferred term recorded in 11,154 adverse event reports received by FDA, 0.1% of the database, from January 2004 to June 2026. The term is chosen by whoever codes the report to match what the reporter described.

705 reports recorded it in the 12 months to June 2026, close to the 674 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, 60.3% are marked serious, 2.7% include death among the outcomes and 21.9% include hospitalisation, as reported.

The drugs listed most often as suspect products in those reports are Gilenya, Myrbetriq and Humira. 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
Gilenya	Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator	320	0.4%
Myrbetriq	beta3-Adrenergic agonist	247	1.3%
Humira	—	237	0%
Tysabri	Integrin receptor antagonist	227	0.1%
Ampyra	Potassium channel blocker	219	0.4%
Tecfidera	—	213	0.2%
Amlodipine	Calcium channel blocker	200	0.4%
Gabapentin	Anti-epileptic agent	178	0.2%
Rebif	Interferon beta	177	0.4%
Pantoprazole	Proton pump inhibitor	170	0.4%
Prednisone	Corticosteroid	170	0.1%
Enbrel	Tumor necrosis factor blocker	159	0%
Pregabalin	—	159	0.4%
Tamsulosin	—	159	2%
Prevacid	Proton pump inhibitor	155	0.4%
Ocrevus	CD20-directed cytolytic antibody	145	0.3%
Omeprazole	Proton pump inhibitor	145	0.2%
Ramipril	Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor	140	0.4%
Amlodipine besylate	Dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker	136	1.1%
Lyrica	—	134	0.1%
Rosuvastatin calcium	HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor	132	1.7%
Melatonin	—	129	3%
Orgovyx	Gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor antagonist	129	0.6%
Tiotropium bromide	Anticholinergic	129	0.2%
Albuterol sulfate	beta2-Adrenergic agonist	126	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
Proton pump inhibitor	1,229	0.3%	0.2%
Corticosteroid	706	0.1%	0%
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor	410	0.2%	0.1%
Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator	398	0.4%	0.4%
beta3-Adrenergic agonist	365	1.3%	1.3%
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug	357	0.1%	0%
Interferon beta	308	0.2%	0.1%
Tumor necrosis factor blocker	308	0%	0%
Anticholinergic	302	0.2%	0%
CD20-directed cytolytic antibody	291	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 20.1%8

2 to 110.7%74

12 to 170.5%58

18 to 4414%1,562

45 to 6423.4%2,608

65 to 7412.8%1,428

75 and over12.2%1,359

Age not given36.4%4,057

Patient sex

Female55.7%6,217

Male36%4,011

Not given8.3%926

Grey bar: all 20,646,523 reports in the database. 65.8% of these reports give the United States as the country.

Questions about "Micturition urgency"

What does "Micturition urgency" 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 micturition urgency?

11,154 reports through June 2026 (0.1% of all reports), 705 of them in the latest 12 months.

Which drugs appear most often in these reports?

Gilenya (320), Myrbetriq (247), Humira (237), Tysabri (227) and Ampyra (219). 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.