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Acute polyneuropathy: Which Medications Cause It? (236 Reports Across 41 Drugs)

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Acute polyneuropathy has been reported as an adverse event with 41 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 236 total reports. 20 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Acute polyneuropathy are CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, ETOPOSIDE, and DEXAMETHASONE.

236
Total Reports
41
Drugs Involved
20
Deaths
143
Hospitalizations
54.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
60.8% / 39.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Acute polyneuropathy Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 30 0.0% 5 30 4
ETOPOSIDE 23 0.0% 1 23 4
DEXAMETHASONE 20 0.0% 3 19 6
NIVOLUMAB 20 0.0% 1 17 3
DOXORUBICIN 17 0.0% 1 16 4
OXALIPLATIN 17 0.0% 3 0 0
CARBOPLATIN 15 0.0% 1 15 6
BRENTUXIMAB VEDOTIN 13 0.1% 0 12 0
CYCLOSPORINE 13 0.0% 5 6 1
PACLITAXEL 13 0.0% 1 13 6
PEMBROLIZUMAB 13 0.0% 0 8 1
PREDNISONE 13 0.0% 1 5 3
DABRAFENIB 12 0.1% 0 7 0
DACARBAZINE 12 0.2% 0 12 0
ADALIMUMAB 11 0.0% 0 9 6
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA 11 0.0% 0 4 0
APREPITANT 10 0.2% 0 10 0
CIPROFLOXACIN 10 0.0% 0 3 0
DOSTARLIMAB-GXLY 10 2.0% 0 10 4
MESNA 10 0.2% 0 10 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Acute polyneuropathy

30 reports
23 reports
20 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)