The most commonly reported side effects of polytetrafluoroethylene include insomnia, flushing, and completed suicide, based on 55 FDA adverse event reports from 2005 to 2025. 7.3% of reports found the drug to be ineffective.
Percentages show how often each reaction appears relative to total reports for polytetrafluoroethylene.
These are voluntary reports and do not establish that polytetrafluoroethylene caused these reactions.
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Other drugs that appear in adverse event reports alongside polytetrafluoroethylene. Drugs flagged as a suspected cause appear in the first column. Drugs taken at the same time but not suspected appear in the second.
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54.5% of polytetrafluoroethylene adverse event reports involve female patients and 40.0% involve male patients. The largest age group is adult at 69%. These figures reflect who reports side effects, not underlying risk.
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Conditions and purposes for which patients were taking polytetrafluoroethylene when the adverse event was reported.
Polytetrafluoroethylene is sold under the brand name Skin Exposure Reduction Paste Against Chemical Warfare Agents.
An upward trend reflects increased FAERS reporting overall, not necessarily increased risk.
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