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Atypical femur fracture: Which Medications Cause It? (2,439 Reports Across 51 Drugs)

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Atypical femur fracture has been reported as an adverse event with 51 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 2,439 total reports. 28 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Atypical femur fracture are DENOSUMAB, ALENDRONATE, and ZOLEDRONIC ACID.

2,439
Total Reports
51
Drugs Involved
28
Deaths
1,094
Hospitalizations
68.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
92.9% / 7.1%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Atypical femur fracture Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
DENOSUMAB 877 0.6% 14 316 2
ALENDRONATE 719 2.6% 7 370 5
ZOLEDRONIC ACID 336 1.0% 7 156 1
RISEDRONATE 305 4.5% 4 139 10
ALENDRONIC ACID 290 3.6% 2 142 4
IBANDRONATE 121 1.2% 2 71 0
PREDNISOLONE 110 0.1% 0 33 0
PAMIDRONATE 86 5.3% 1 21 6
IBANDRONIC ACID 85 2.9% 0 43 0
ALENDRONATE\CHOLECALCIFEROL 48 1.8% 0 38 0
PREDNISONE 36 0.0% 0 25 0
METHOTREXATE 34 0.0% 0 25 0
TERIPARATIDE 32 0.1% 0 20 0
ROMOSOZUMAB-AQQG 24 0.2% 0 6 0
ETIDRONATE 22 23.2% 0 9 0
MINODRONIC ACID 21 15.1% 0 11 0
FOSAMAX 20 2.1% 0 14 0
PROLIA 20 0.5% 0 9 0
ESOMEPRAZOLE 19 0.0% 0 19 0
RISEDRONIC ACID 19 4.1% 0 11 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Atypical femur fracture

877 reports
719 reports
336 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)