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Aplasia: Which Medications Cause It? (1,398 Reports Across 179 Drugs)

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Aplasia has been reported as an adverse event with 179 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,398 total reports. 387 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Aplasia are CYTARABINE, ETOPOSIDE, and CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE.

1,398
Total Reports
179
Drugs Involved
387
Deaths
791
Hospitalizations
50.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
48.7% / 51.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Aplasia Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
CYTARABINE 229 0.5% 69 129 43
ETOPOSIDE 217 0.4% 32 124 50
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 213 0.2% 57 147 47
METHOTREXATE 199 0.1% 48 121 50
VINCRISTINE 167 0.2% 50 108 24
DOXORUBICIN 144 0.2% 61 97 22
CARBOPLATIN 136 0.2% 38 98 26
DEXAMETHASONE 129 0.1% 37 67 22
RITUXIMAB 98 0.1% 39 58 8
IFOSFAMIDE 88 0.5% 7 49 6
FLUDARABINE 80 0.3% 18 36 19
PREDNISONE 80 0.1% 20 60 24
MELPHALAN 78 0.5% 13 49 18
CISPLATIN 60 0.1% 22 33 16
PEMETREXED 60 0.3% 19 50 6
FLUOROURACIL 55 0.1% 21 28 16
PREDNISOLONE 49 0.1% 17 20 1
DAUNORUBICIN 47 0.5% 10 22 4
VENETOCLAX 47 0.1% 20 10 1
IMATINIB 45 0.1% 6 36 17

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Aplasia

229 reports
217 reports
213 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)