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Alcohol use: Which Medications Cause It? (1,336 Reports Across 81 Drugs)

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Alcohol use has been reported as an adverse event with 81 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,336 total reports. 90 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Alcohol use are NALTREXONE, ALCOHOL, and VORTIOXETINE HYDROBROMIDE.

1,336
Total Reports
81
Drugs Involved
90
Deaths
364
Hospitalizations
44.5 yrs
Average Patient Age
37.7% / 62.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Alcohol use Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
NALTREXONE 427 1.7% 9 65 0
ALCOHOL 48 0.2% 10 20 1
VORTIOXETINE HYDROBROMIDE 44 0.3% 0 1 1
ARIPIPRAZOLE 27 0.0% 1 9 1
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE 27 0.1% 5 2 0
OXYCODONE 25 0.0% 5 7 1
QUETIAPINE 24 0.0% 2 16 2
ADALIMUMAB 23 0.0% 0 16 1
MIRTAZAPINE 23 0.1% 11 1 1
PALIPERIDONE 23 0.1% 0 8 2
DULOXETINE 22 0.0% 0 7 3
CLONAZEPAM 21 0.1% 10 7 5
SODIUM OXYBATE 21 0.0% 0 2 0
ALPRAZOLAM 20 0.0% 2 9 2
ETANERCEPT 19 0.0% 0 6 0
GABAPENTIN 19 0.0% 11 5 2
VARENICLINE 19 0.1% 1 2 1
SOFOSBUVIR\VELPATASVIR 18 0.1% 1 1 0
ACETAMINOPHEN\HYDROCODONE 16 0.0% 1 5 0
MORPHINE 16 0.0% 2 8 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Alcohol use

427 reports
48 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)