I swallowed a mouthful of water containing a tablet of polident 3 minute last night; [accidental device ingestion].He felt irritation in his stomach; [gastric irritation].Case description: this case was reported by a consumer and described the occurrence of accidental device ingestion in a (b)(6) male patient who received denture cleanser (polident 3 minute) tablet (batch number 17a027rgc, expiry date 31st december 2019) for denture wearer.On (b)(6) 2018, the patient started polident 3 minute.On (b)(6) 2018, an unknown time after starting polident 3 minute, the patient experienced accidental device ingestion (serious criteria gsk medically significant) and gastric irritation.Polident 3 minute was discontinued on (b)(6) 2018 (dechallenge was negative).On an unknown date, the outcome of the accidental device ingestion was unknown and the outcome of the gastric irritation was not recovered/not resolved.It was unknown if the reporter considered the accidental device ingestion and gastric irritation to be related to polident 3 minute.This report is made by gsk without prejudice and does not imply any admission or liability for the incident or its consequences.Additional information: adverse event information was received via phone call on 19 july 2018.Consumer reported, "i swallowed about a mouth full of water with polident.I have irritation in my stomach right away.I called poison control.Will my irritation continue." today, he still feels the irritation in his stomach.
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