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INTERFERON ALFA-2A for Malignant melanoma: Side Effects & Safety Data

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There are 14 adverse event reports in the FDA FAERS database where INTERFERON ALFA-2A was used for Malignant melanoma.

Most Reported Side Effects for INTERFERON ALFA-2A

Side Effect Reports % Deaths Hosp.
Fatigue 77 13.0% 17 15
Anaemia 65 11.0% 10 13
Drug ineffective 60 10.1% 3 17
Nausea 46 7.8% 6 10
Thrombocytopenia 43 7.3% 9 10
Off label use 42 7.1% 7 17
Pyrexia 41 6.9% 6 15
Weight decreased 40 6.8% 10 7
Depression 39 6.6% 9 2
Neutropenia 39 6.6% 7 5
Leukopenia 33 5.6% 2 6
Hepatitis c 32 5.4% 2 3
Headache 27 4.6% 1 7
Vomiting 26 4.4% 6 5
Influenza like illness 24 4.1% 2 2

Other Indications for INTERFERON ALFA-2A

Hepatitis c (151) Product used for unknown indication (65) Chronic hepatitis c (60) Renal cell carcinoma (48) Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (45) Cutaneous t-cell lymphoma (19) Chronic myeloid leukaemia (16) Hairy cell leukaemia (16) B-cell lymphoma (12) Behcet's syndrome (12)

Other Drugs Used for Malignant melanoma

NIVOLUMAB (10,599) IPILIMUMAB (8,903) DABRAFENIB (5,277) TRAMETINIB DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE (3,841) PEMBROLIZUMAB (3,261) BINIMETINIB (2,613) ENCORAFENIB (2,591) VEMURAFENIB (2,548) TRAMETINIB (1,448) COBIMETINIB (1,324)

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INTERFERON ALFA-2A Full Profile All Malignant melanoma Drugs INTERFERON ALFA-2A Demographics INTERFERON ALFA-2A Timeline