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FOSPHENYTOIN for Prophylaxis: Side Effects & Safety Data

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There are 7 adverse event reports in the FDA FAERS database where FOSPHENYTOIN was used for Prophylaxis.

Most Reported Side Effects for FOSPHENYTOIN

Side Effect Reports % Deaths Hosp.
Drug ineffective 406 29.5% 47 259
Off label use 164 11.9% 18 77
Status epilepticus 82 6.0% 10 53
Multiple-drug resistance 77 5.6% 3 11
Cardiac arrest 72 5.2% 51 28
Seizure 70 5.1% 8 36
Drug ineffective for unapproved indication 63 4.6% 10 44
Hypotension 56 4.1% 9 24
Toxicity to various agents 53 3.9% 9 35
Bradycardia 39 2.8% 14 12
Treatment failure 37 2.7% 2 19
Product use in unapproved indication 36 2.6% 11 15
Product use issue 36 2.6% 4 15
Hepatic function abnormal 35 2.5% 6 28
Drug interaction 34 2.5% 4 20

Other Indications for FOSPHENYTOIN

Status epilepticus (385) Seizure (297) Epilepsy (116) Generalised tonic-clonic seizure (71) Product used for unknown indication (64) Partial seizures (33) Trigeminal neuralgia (29) New onset refractory status epilepticus (28) Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (26) Epilepsia partialis continua (16)

Other Drugs Used for Prophylaxis

PEGFILGRASTIM (7,424) HUMAN C1-ESTERASE INHIBITOR (5,950) DENOSUMAB (4,541) SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM (3,197) ASPIRIN (2,083) VALACYCLOVIR (1,574) PANTOPRAZOLE (1,502) VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS STRAIN OKA/MERCK LIVE ANTIGEN (1,444) CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE (1,296) ENOXAPARIN (1,278)

Related Pages

FOSPHENYTOIN Full Profile All Prophylaxis Drugs FOSPHENYTOIN Demographics FOSPHENYTOIN Timeline