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ELIQUIS for Atrial fibrillation: Side Effects & Safety Data

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There are 324 adverse event reports in the FDA FAERS database where ELIQUIS was used for Atrial fibrillation.

Most Reported Side Effects for ELIQUIS

Side Effect Reports % Deaths Hosp.
Haemorrhage 79 5.5% 10 22
Gastrointestinal haemorrhage 72 5.0% 3 28
Dizziness 65 4.6% 0 4
Rash 51 3.6% 0 1
Epistaxis 49 3.4% 0 3
Headache 49 3.4% 0 2
Dyspnoea 41 2.9% 2 10
Adverse event 40 2.8% 0 11
Diarrhoea 37 2.6% 0 8
Contusion 34 2.4% 1 3
Drug dose omission 34 2.4% 0 2
Fall 34 2.4% 7 15
Pruritus 34 2.4% 0 1
Wrong technique in drug usage process 34 2.4% 0 2
Cerebrovascular accident 32 2.2% 9 11

Other Indications for ELIQUIS

Cerebrovascular accident prophylaxis (89) Cerebrovascular accident (29) Thrombosis prophylaxis (28) Thrombosis (10) Product used for unknown indication (9) Atrial flutter (7) Hip arthroplasty (7) Anticoagulant therapy (6) Arrhythmia (5) Coagulopathy (5)

Other Drugs Used for Atrial fibrillation

RIVAROXABAN (52,584) DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE (20,492) APIXABAN (10,500) AMIODARONE (9,083) WARFARIN (8,680) EDOXABAN (3,855) ASPIRIN (2,993) DOFETILIDE (2,439) PRADAXA (2,325) METOPROLOL (1,542)

Related Pages

ELIQUIS Full Profile All Atrial fibrillation Drugs ELIQUIS Demographics ELIQUIS Timeline