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METFORMIN: Side Effect Reports by Year

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Year-by-year breakdown of FAERS adverse event reports for METFORMIN. Total: 90,968 reports.

Year Reports Deaths Hospitalizations Death Rate
2000 39 5 17 12.8%
2001 70 35 42 50.0%
2002 21 0 10 N/A
2003 35 0 19 N/A
2004 65 0 21 N/A
2005 74 2 30 2.7%
2006 64 3 31 4.7%
2007 78 5 36 6.4%
2008 197 30 66 15.2%
2009 193 6 91 3.1%
2010 249 31 107 12.4%
2011 291 15 135 5.2%
2012 660 134 311 20.3%
2013 1,136 79 560 7.0%
2014 2,550 194 1,324 7.6%
2015 3,043 272 1,719 8.9%
2016 2,823 319 1,513 11.3%
2017 3,938 447 1,992 11.4%
2018 4,876 693 2,574 14.2%
2019 3,768 481 2,030 12.8%
2020 3,569 411 1,822 11.5%
2021 2,758 400 1,347 14.5%
2022 2,618 332 1,454 12.7%
2023 2,409 350 1,241 14.5%
2024 2,118 178 1,226 8.4%
2025 949 75 504 7.9%
Total 90,968 11,550 40,702 12.7%

FDA approval date: Apr 11, 2003.

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