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Asthma: Which Medications Cause It? (84,944 Reports Across 1,399 Drugs)

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Asthma has been reported as an adverse event with 1,399 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 84,944 total reports. 2,817 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Asthma are ALBUTEROL, DUPILUMAB, and MEPOLIZUMAB.

84,944
Total Reports
1,399
Drugs Involved
2,817
Deaths
31,239
Hospitalizations
53.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
71.2% / 28.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Asthma Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ALBUTEROL 18,997 19.8% 507 8,742 692
DUPILUMAB 12,312 3.3% 24 1,689 17
MEPOLIZUMAB 11,033 25.7% 290 6,026 395
BUDESONIDE\FORMOTEROL 10,045 27.6% 140 4,482 296
PREDNISONE 10,028 6.3% 823 5,186 1,258
OMALIZUMAB 9,354 14.7% 208 4,275 369
MONTELUKAST 8,372 31.0% 208 3,766 334
FLUTICASONE\SALMETEROL 7,985 16.7% 271 3,855 217
TIOTROPIUM 7,944 17.0% 118 4,233 275
BUDESONIDE 4,544 18.1% 105 2,087 306
CICLESONIDE 4,026 69.3% 94 2,344 183
FLUTICASONE FUROATE\VILANTEROL TRIFENATATE 3,443 13.8% 70 1,722 163
ADALIMUMAB 3,308 0.7% 920 1,425 886
FLUTICASONE 3,078 9.6% 192 1,156 157
PANTOPRAZOLE 3,077 3.9% 686 1,682 810
RITUXIMAB 2,763 1.6% 902 1,049 897
IPRATROPIUM 2,596 34.4% 62 1,780 110
FORMOTEROL\MOMETASONE FUROATE 2,482 30.3% 52 1,290 171
BENRALIZUMAB 2,457 15.6% 39 932 55
METHOTREXATE 2,412 1.0% 809 1,195 914

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Asthma

18,997 reports
12,312 reports
11,033 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)