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Abnormal weight gain: Which Medications Cause It? (11,931 Reports Across 146 Drugs)

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Abnormal weight gain has been reported as an adverse event with 146 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 11,931 total reports. 43 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Abnormal weight gain are RISPERIDONE, PALIPERIDONE, and QUETIAPINE.

11,931
Total Reports
146
Drugs Involved
43
Deaths
480
Hospitalizations
32.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
13.8% / 86.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Abnormal weight gain Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RISPERIDONE 9,418 11.9% 20 83 20
PALIPERIDONE 1,816 4.4% 2 10 3
QUETIAPINE 211 0.3% 0 26 9
OLANZAPINE 200 0.4% 0 53 35
ARIPIPRAZOLE 166 0.3% 0 23 22
SERTRALINE 157 0.3% 0 28 0
MIRTAZAPINE 138 0.5% 0 23 9
LEVONORGESTREL 133 0.1% 0 6 3
LEVOTHYROXINE 90 0.2% 0 6 1
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE 83 0.3% 0 13 9
VENLAFAXINE 81 0.2% 0 23 13
ATORVASTATIN 79 0.1% 0 5 0
DIVALPROEX 79 0.7% 0 9 1
GABAPENTIN 52 0.1% 0 12 9
METHYLPHENIDATE 51 0.2% 0 2 1
MONTELUKAST 49 0.2% 0 0 0
PREGABALIN 48 0.1% 0 1 4
RIOCIGUAT 42 0.2% 4 26 0
HALOPERIDOL 41 0.3% 0 10 1
OMEPRAZOLE 39 0.0% 0 1 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Abnormal weight gain

9,418 reports
1,816 reports
211 reports

Related Side Effects

Drug ineffective (1,049,718) Off label use (762,782) Death (660,423) Fatigue (599,248) Nausea (562,301) Diarrhoea (491,550) Pain (471,975) Headache (460,069) Dyspnoea (409,496) Dizziness (352,922)