What the label lists and what reports show

Calcium chloride, magnesium chloride and 4 other ingredients side effects

Calcium chloride, magnesium chloride and 4 other ingredients's FDA label lists its adverse reactions in its own words. FAERS holds 1,319 reports naming it through July 30, 2026; the reaction reported most often, leaving out the conditions it is used for, product-use terms and outcomes, is toxic anterior segment syndrome (514 reports).

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Check it at the source: the calcium chloride, magnesium chloride and 4 other ingredients FDA label on DailyMed (effective January 25, 2024, Alcon Laboratories, Inc.); the FDA FAERS public dashboard.

What does the label list?

From the label: adverse reactions
Irrigation or any other trauma to the corneal endothelium may result in corneal swelling or bullous keratopathy. Post-operative inflammatory reactions as well as incidents of corneal edema and corneal decompensation have been reported.

Source: FDA drug label, Alcon Laboratories, Inc., effective January 25, 2024 (SPL set 4bd4d59c-eb3b-4a5e-9eb7-ae95b0a92bea), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

What do FAERS reports show?

1,319 reports list calcium chloride, magnesium chloride and 4 other ingredients among the medicines taken, each a report of something that happened, not proof the medicine caused it; 7 are coded as a death and 118 as a hospital stay. Counts follow how widely a medicine is used and watched, and they are not a measure of how risky it is. Of the 23 reactions below, 1 is named by the same term (in US spelling) in the label's adverse reactions, warnings or patient leaflet; a reaction the label does not name may still be there under another word, and a report does not show that the medicine caused it.

Reports received each year

The 25 most reported reactions

Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome514
Endophthalmitis323
Hypopyon110
Eye Inflammation100
Corneal Oedema (named in the label)98
Off Label Use (a use or a product term, not a reaction)86
Post Procedural Complication79
Vision Blurred74
Eye Pain70
Anterior Chamber Cell63
Visual Acuity Reduced57
Visual Impairment54
Anterior Chamber Fibrin47
Ocular Hyperaemia45
Vitritis44
Aqueous Fibrin43
Intraocular Pressure Increased39
Product Quality Issue (a use or a product term, not a reaction)39
Corneal Opacity35
Foreign Body In Eye28
Inflammation28
Cataract Operation Complication26
Conjunctivitis25
Uveitis25
Blindness Unilateral24

Source: FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA, reports through July 30, 2026; reactions as MedDRA preferred terms

What next?

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