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PACLITAXEL for Chemotherapy: Side Effects & Safety Data

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There are 1,425 adverse event reports in the FDA FAERS database where PACLITAXEL was used for Chemotherapy.

Most Reported Side Effects for PACLITAXEL

Side Effect Reports % Deaths Hosp.
Neutropenia 4,553 5.9% 572 1,391
Nausea 4,521 5.9% 488 2,147
Dyspnoea 4,519 5.8% 453 2,052
Diarrhoea 4,289 5.6% 591 2,513
Off label use 4,075 5.3% 595 1,415
Anaemia 3,949 5.1% 599 1,918
Neuropathy peripheral 3,508 4.5% 404 788
Malignant neoplasm progression 3,484 4.5% 916 760
Fatigue 3,418 4.4% 500 1,568
Death 3,143 4.1% 3,137 378
Pyrexia 3,083 4.0% 352 2,331
Vomiting 3,049 3.9% 371 1,785
Disease progression 2,939 3.8% 801 554
Febrile neutropenia 2,938 3.8% 569 1,915
Thrombocytopenia 2,580 3.3% 424 939

Other Indications for PACLITAXEL

Breast cancer (10,215) Product used for unknown indication (6,156) Ovarian cancer (4,631) Non-small cell lung cancer (4,609) Triple negative breast cancer (3,863) Pancreatic carcinoma (3,386) Breast cancer metastatic (3,241) Pancreatic carcinoma metastatic (2,712) Lung neoplasm malignant (1,747) Lung adenocarcinoma (1,216)

Other Drugs Used for Chemotherapy

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE (3,372) DOCETAXEL (2,134) CARBOPLATIN (1,902) DOXORUBICIN (1,756) VINCRISTINE (1,743) OXALIPLATIN (1,423) METHOTREXATE (1,380) CYTARABINE (1,355) ETOPOSIDE (1,246) CISPLATIN (958)

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PACLITAXEL Full Profile All Chemotherapy Drugs PACLITAXEL Demographics PACLITAXEL Timeline