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Aortic dissection: Which Medications Cause It? (3,414 Reports Across 125 Drugs)

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Aortic dissection has been reported as an adverse event with 125 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 3,414 total reports. 579 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Aortic dissection are LEVOFLOXACIN, DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE, and BEVACIZUMAB.

3,414
Total Reports
125
Drugs Involved
579
Deaths
1,029
Hospitalizations
65.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
43.9% / 56.1%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Aortic dissection Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
LEVOFLOXACIN 1,626 4.0% 11 80 15
DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE 148 0.4% 37 97 48
BEVACIZUMAB 81 0.1% 31 27 23
ASPIRIN 68 0.1% 14 45 28
CIPROFLOXACIN 48 0.1% 9 30 19
ADALIMUMAB 45 0.0% 11 28 7
APIXABAN 45 0.0% 11 15 8
LENVATINIB 45 0.1% 13 28 14
RIVAROXABAN 45 0.0% 28 36 5
CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE 39 0.1% 16 30 16
TACROLIMUS 39 0.0% 19 17 9
SUNITINIB MALATE 37 0.2% 15 24 18
ROMOSOZUMAB-AQQG 36 0.3% 11 15 8
TOCILIZUMAB 36 0.0% 12 14 3
PREDNISOLONE 34 0.0% 9 24 6
CAPECITABINE 31 0.1% 10 6 5
HEPARIN 29 0.2% 8 20 16
PEMBROLIZUMAB 29 0.0% 9 13 12
RITUXIMAB 29 0.0% 5 9 8
ALTEPLASE 28 0.2% 15 4 3

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Aortic dissection

1,626 reports
148 reports
81 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)