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Adverse drug reaction: Which Medications Cause It? (74,751 Reports Across 1,257 Drugs)

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Adverse drug reaction has been reported as an adverse event with 1,257 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 74,751 total reports. 2,804 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Adverse drug reaction are MINOXIDIL, ADALIMUMAB, and LENALIDOMIDE.

74,751
Total Reports
1,257
Drugs Involved
2,804
Deaths
9,770
Hospitalizations
55.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
54.7% / 45.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Adverse drug reaction Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
MINOXIDIL 8,530 14.0% 0 1 0
ADALIMUMAB 5,437 1.1% 531 1,356 667
LENALIDOMIDE 3,795 1.1% 22 365 7
ETANERCEPT 3,499 1.0% 428 757 565
APREMILAST 3,160 2.3% 411 449 459
METHOTREXATE 2,721 1.1% 557 895 697
INFLIXIMAB 2,329 1.7% 504 789 654
FINASTERIDE 1,902 12.3% 8 28 11
LEFLUNOMIDE 1,858 3.3% 533 761 688
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 1,807 1.8% 495 616 626
PREDNISONE 1,722 1.1% 511 709 643
ABATACEPT 1,703 1.5% 481 620 630
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 1,663 2.5% 490 685 622
SULFASALAZINE 1,537 3.8% 494 620 618
TOCILIZUMAB 1,532 1.6% 498 627 640
RITUXIMAB 1,518 0.9% 528 658 670
CINACALCET 1,447 3.4% 8 13 2
PIMAVANSERIN 1,424 3.1% 102 197 4
GOLIMUMAB 1,421 2.1% 498 579 620
TOFACITINIB 1,419 0.9% 471 538 595

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Adverse drug reaction

8,530 reports
5,437 reports
3,795 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)