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Adverse event: Which Medications Cause It? (69,571 Reports Across 1,302 Drugs)

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Adverse event has been reported as an adverse event with 1,302 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 69,571 total reports. 4,068 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Adverse event are ABATACEPT, APIXABAN, and ETANERCEPT.

69,571
Total Reports
1,302
Drugs Involved
4,068
Deaths
13,424
Hospitalizations
58.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
61.9% / 38.1%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Adverse event Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ABATACEPT 4,028 3.5% 439 1,300 849
APIXABAN 3,871 2.4% 46 620 168
ETANERCEPT 3,096 0.9% 374 733 470
LENALIDOMIDE 2,426 0.7% 123 564 50
INFLIXIMAB 2,269 1.6% 448 763 532
ADALIMUMAB 2,121 0.4% 472 838 536
METHOTREXATE 1,846 0.7% 461 785 563
LEFLUNOMIDE 1,476 2.6% 442 722 558
RIVAROXABAN 1,465 1.1% 27 128 12
ALENDRONATE 1,462 5.2% 452 929 560
RISPERIDONE 1,440 1.8% 9 136 8
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 1,417 1.4% 412 560 509
FINASTERIDE 1,399 9.1% 10 97 33
DASATINIB 1,382 4.6% 13 261 14
PREDNISONE 1,374 0.9% 470 643 547
RITUXIMAB 1,370 0.8% 486 699 552
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 1,355 2.0% 409 673 517
GOLIMUMAB 1,333 1.9% 426 571 511
PEMBROLIZUMAB 1,296 1.6% 333 679 48
TOCILIZUMAB 1,271 1.3% 419 646 515

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Adverse event

4,028 reports
3,871 reports
3,096 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)