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ROPIVACAINE for Epidural analgesia: Side Effects & Safety Data

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There are 142 adverse event reports in the FDA FAERS database where ROPIVACAINE was used for Epidural analgesia.

Most Reported Side Effects for ROPIVACAINE

Side Effect Reports % Deaths Hosp.
Vomiting 483 16.3% 11 18
Dyspnoea 458 15.4% 11 22
Drug hypersensitivity 448 15.1% 0 3
Oedema 446 15.0% 0 4
Pneumonia 445 15.0% 1 4
Asthma 430 14.5% 0 1
Wheezing 418 14.1% 0 1
Drug ineffective 262 8.8% 14 56
Pain 187 6.3% 11 17
Hypotension 178 6.0% 9 73
Malaise 164 5.5% 0 14
Respiratory tract infection 140 4.7% 0 0
Chest pain 135 4.6% 1 4
Cough 127 4.3% 0 2
Cardiac arrest 123 4.2% 26 53

Other Indications for ROPIVACAINE

Product used for unknown indication (706) Nerve block (389) Anaesthesia (378) Local anaesthesia (281) Epidural anaesthesia (145) Analgesic therapy (119) Pain (82) General anaesthesia (70) Pain management (47) Postoperative analgesia (42)

Other Drugs Used for Epidural analgesia

FENTANYL (113) BUPIVACAINE (108) LIDOCAINE (68) SUFENTANIL (62) EPINEPHRINE (35) LEVOBUPIVACAINE (24) MORPHINE (18) FENTANYL\FENTANYL (11) CLONIDINE (7) EPINEPHRINE\LIDOCAINE (6)

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ROPIVACAINE Full Profile All Epidural analgesia Drugs ROPIVACAINE Demographics ROPIVACAINE Timeline