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PEGVISOMANT for Acromegaly: Side Effects & Safety Data

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There are 1,911 adverse event reports in the FDA FAERS database where PEGVISOMANT was used for Acromegaly.

Most Reported Side Effects for PEGVISOMANT

Side Effect Reports % Deaths Hosp.
Off label use 460 15.3% 27 64
Drug ineffective 328 10.9% 2 32
Insulin-like growth factor increased 320 10.6% 2 43
Product dose omission issue 255 8.5% 2 36
Headache 244 8.1% 1 41
Fatigue 224 7.4% 6 38
Arthralgia 184 6.1% 1 31
Death 162 5.4% 162 11
Injection site pain 161 5.3% 1 23
Product use issue 158 5.2% 11 52
Diarrhoea 151 5.0% 1 39
Nausea 142 4.7% 0 45
Pain 121 4.0% 0 22
Malaise 114 3.8% 3 23
Needle issue 110 3.7% 0 18

Other Indications for PEGVISOMANT

Gigantism (252) Pituitary tumour (82) Product used for unknown indication (73) Pituitary tumour benign (48) Insulin-like growth factor increased (46) Hypothalamo-pituitary disorder (41) Neoplasm (27) Blood growth hormone increased (21) Brain neoplasm (20) Insulin-like growth factor abnormal (20)

Other Drugs Used for Acromegaly

OCTREOTIDE (3,068) LANREOTIDE (1,956) PASIREOTIDE (737) CABERGOLINE (87) SANDOSTATIN LAR (86) SOMAVERT (42) SOMATULINE DEPOT (34) PASIREOTIDE DIASPARTATE (22) BROMOCRIPTINE (19) CANAKINUMAB (17)

Related Pages

PEGVISOMANT Full Profile All Acromegaly Drugs PEGVISOMANT Demographics PEGVISOMANT Timeline