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PREDNISONE for Rheumatoid arthritis: Side Effects & Safety Data

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There are 14,808 adverse event reports in the FDA FAERS database where PREDNISONE was used for Rheumatoid arthritis.

Most Reported Side Effects for PREDNISONE

Side Effect Reports % Deaths Hosp.
Drug ineffective 29,059 18.3% 2,791 8,586
Off label use 17,867 11.3% 3,499 6,978
Pain 14,347 9.1% 1,740 4,561
Fatigue 14,320 9.0% 2,066 5,258
Dyspnoea 12,830 8.1% 1,565 6,777
Rheumatoid arthritis 11,678 7.4% 1,846 3,541
Condition aggravated 10,751 6.8% 2,020 4,948
Asthma 10,028 6.3% 823 5,186
Alopecia 9,276 5.9% 1,632 2,638
Rash 9,252 5.8% 1,919 3,561
Abdominal discomfort 9,215 5.8% 1,680 2,828
Arthralgia 9,055 5.7% 1,661 3,655
Systemic lupus erythematosus 8,799 5.6% 1,925 2,731
Pneumonia 8,472 5.3% 2,287 4,962
Pemphigus 8,260 5.2% 1,710 2,348

Other Indications for PREDNISONE

Product used for unknown indication (38,590) Immunosuppressant drug therapy (12,570) Diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (11,266) Immunosuppression (5,733) Asthma (2,953) Acute lymphocytic leukaemia (2,599) B-cell lymphoma (2,561) Renal transplant (2,500) Prophylaxis against transplant rejection (2,470) Systemic lupus erythematosus (2,395)

Other Drugs Used for Rheumatoid arthritis

ETANERCEPT (186,585) ADALIMUMAB (154,287) METHOTREXATE (84,654) TOFACITINIB (77,765) ABATACEPT (75,236) TOCILIZUMAB (55,449) CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL (47,602) RITUXIMAB (40,017) UPADACITINIB (33,555) GOLIMUMAB (31,947)

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