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Acute respiratory failure: Which Medications Cause It? (14,415 Reports Across 758 Drugs)

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Acute respiratory failure has been reported as an adverse event with 758 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 14,415 total reports. 5,964 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Acute respiratory failure are PREDNISONE, TREPROSTINIL, and MACITENTAN.

14,415
Total Reports
758
Drugs Involved
5,964
Deaths
11,022
Hospitalizations
59.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
49.8% / 50.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Acute respiratory failure Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
PREDNISONE 645 0.4% 222 526 274
TREPROSTINIL 484 0.5% 193 453 198
MACITENTAN 422 0.9% 205 384 27
TACROLIMUS 414 0.5% 179 353 208
AMBRISENTAN 402 0.5% 134 332 26
DEXAMETHASONE 384 0.3% 150 294 121
RIVAROXABAN 361 0.3% 202 344 112
RITUXIMAB 351 0.2% 147 241 95
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 347 0.5% 142 266 151
METHOTREXATE 321 0.1% 120 267 95
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 317 0.5% 174 246 129
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 296 0.2% 120 221 101
LENALIDOMIDE 284 0.1% 153 182 40
ASPIRIN 283 0.3% 136 250 96
NIVOLUMAB 243 0.3% 129 204 87
DOXORUBICIN 226 0.3% 95 168 56
PREDNISOLONE 212 0.3% 91 182 77
VINCRISTINE 195 0.3% 76 147 51
CARBOPLATIN 192 0.2% 82 138 51
AMIODARONE 185 0.7% 67 138 68

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Acute respiratory failure

645 reports
484 reports
422 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)