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

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There are 190 adverse event reports in the FDA FAERS database where INTERFERON ALFA-2B was used for Malignant melanoma.

Most Reported Side Effects for INTERFERON ALFA-2B

Side Effect Reports % Deaths Hosp.
Product use in unapproved indication 224 10.8% 20 18
Off label use 207 10.0% 8 27
Fatigue 206 9.9% 5 26
Nausea 120 5.8% 4 20
Influenza like illness 105 5.1% 0 8
Drug ineffective 94 4.5% 7 10
Product use issue 86 4.1% 10 5
Headache 80 3.9% 0 13
Pyrexia 80 3.9% 6 33
No adverse event 76 3.7% 0 0
Adverse event 65 3.1% 2 24
Malaise 62 3.0% 2 23
Death 60 2.9% 59 13
Diarrhoea 57 2.8% 3 11
Decreased appetite 55 2.7% 3 17

Other Indications for INTERFERON ALFA-2B

Hepatitis c (137) Cutaneous t-cell lymphoma (83) Mycosis fungoides (81) Product used for unknown indication (79) Chronic hepatitis c (77) Bladder cancer (65) Covid-19 (43) Adult t-cell lymphoma/leukaemia (29) Chronic myeloid leukaemia (29) Neoplasm malignant (22)

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