MedDRA preferred term

Sensation of foreign body: adverse event reports recording this term

8,254 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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8,254
reports recording the term: 0% of all reports; 583
reports, 12 months to June 2026: 490 in the 12 months before; 51.8%
marked serious by the reporter: 57.4% across all reports; 0.9%
record death among outcomes, as reported: 9.1% across all reports

8,254 reports in FDA's adverse event database record the MedDRA term "Sensation of foreign body": 0% of all reports received between January 2004 and June 2026. Coders pick the term that best matches the reporter's description.

583 reports recorded it in the 12 months to June 2026, up 19% from 490 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, 51.8% are marked serious, 0.9% include death among the outcomes and 15.3% include hospitalisation, as reported.

The drugs listed most often as suspect products in those reports are ParaGard T 380A, Humira and Ibuprofen. 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	1,181	2.8%
Humira	—	169	0%
Ibuprofen	Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug	146	0.2%
Aspirin	Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug	143	0.2%
Nexium	Proton pump inhibitor	136	0.2%
Pradaxa	Direct thrombin inhibitor	122	0.2%
Xarelto	Factor Xa inhibitor	120	0.1%
Ambroxol hydrochloride	—	117	21.4%
Biotin	Arteriolar vasodilator	117	15.2%
Mometasone furoate	Corticosteroid	116	3.8%
Praluent	PCSK9 inhibitor	116	0.5%
Ipratropium bromide	Anticholinergic	112	1.3%
Herbals	—	109	8.3%
Colesevelam hydrochloride	—	108	23.1%
Ergocalciferol	Provitamin D2 compound	108	1.1%
Tadalafil	Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor	108	1%
Fluticasone Propionate Salmeterol Xinafoate	—	102	3.2%
Enbrel	Tumor necrosis factor blocker	100	0%
Ginkgo	—	100	18.5%
Bisoprolol	beta-Adrenergic blocker	99	0.4%
Repatha	PCSK9 inhibitor	97	0.1%
Albuterol sulfate	beta2-Adrenergic agonist	96	0.2%
Tocopherol	—	95	34.9%
Xolair	Anti-IgE	95	0.1%
Mometasone	Corticosteroid	94	5.3%

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% 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
Copper-containing intrauterine device	1,181	2.7%	1.4%
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug	548	0.1%	0%
Corticosteroid	485	0.1%	0%
Proton pump inhibitor	282	0.1%	0%
PCSK9 inhibitor	277	0.2%	1.9%
Tumor necrosis factor blocker	240	0%	0%
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor	232	0.1%	0%
GLP-1 receptor agonist	210	0.1%	0%
Factor Xa inhibitor	199	0.1%	0%
Anticholinergic	192	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%3

2 to 110.7%60

12 to 171.6%136

18 to 4424.3%2,009

45 to 6422.4%1,846

65 to 7410%828

75 and over7.2%596

Age not given33.6%2,776

Patient sex

Female68.8%5,678

Male21.1%1,740

Not given10.1%836

Grey bar: all 20,646,523 reports in the database. 66.7% of these reports give the United States as the country.

Questions about "Sensation of foreign body"

What does "Sensation of foreign body" 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 sensation of foreign body?

8,254 reports through June 2026 (0% of all reports), 583 of them in the latest 12 months.

Which drugs appear most often in these reports?

ParaGard T 380A (1,181), Humira (169), Ibuprofen (146), Aspirin (143) and Nexium (136). 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.