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METHOTREXATE for Rheumatoid arthritis: Side Effects & Safety Data

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There are 84,654 adverse event reports in the FDA FAERS database where METHOTREXATE was used for Rheumatoid arthritis.

Most Reported Side Effects for METHOTREXATE

Side Effect Reports % Deaths Hosp.
Drug ineffective 70,142 27.6% 2,652 9,752
Rheumatoid arthritis 29,254 11.5% 2,111 6,669
Off label use 24,020 9.5% 3,417 7,881
Pain 23,773 9.4% 1,981 5,911
Drug intolerance 22,555 8.9% 1,490 4,290
Arthralgia 21,831 8.6% 1,776 5,744
Fatigue 19,885 7.8% 2,005 5,458
Nausea 18,715 7.4% 1,537 5,866
Joint swelling 17,657 7.0% 1,963 4,442
Drug hypersensitivity 16,677 6.6% 1,413 3,985
Rash 15,519 6.1% 2,143 4,878
Condition aggravated 14,938 5.9% 1,927 4,851
Treatment failure 14,672 5.8% 1,172 2,598
Alopecia 14,360 5.7% 1,673 3,214
Abdominal discomfort 13,237 5.2% 1,784 3,600

Other Indications for METHOTREXATE

Product used for unknown indication (56,611) Acute lymphocytic leukaemia (11,187) Psoriatic arthropathy (6,997) Psoriasis (6,628) Prophylaxis against graft versus host disease (5,226) Diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (2,761) Crohn's disease (2,432) Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (2,220) Central nervous system lymphoma (2,075) Systemic lupus erythematosus (1,440)

Other Drugs Used for Rheumatoid arthritis

ETANERCEPT (186,585) ADALIMUMAB (154,287) TOFACITINIB (77,765) ABATACEPT (75,236) TOCILIZUMAB (55,449) CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL (47,602) RITUXIMAB (40,017) UPADACITINIB (33,555) GOLIMUMAB (31,947) LEFLUNOMIDE (29,407)

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