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Binge eating: Which Medications Cause It? (776 Reports Across 49 Drugs)

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Binge eating has been reported as an adverse event with 49 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 776 total reports. 2 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Binge eating are ARIPIPRAZOLE, LISDEXAMFETAMINE DIMESYLATE, and QUETIAPINE.

776
Total Reports
49
Drugs Involved
2
Deaths
124
Hospitalizations
40.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
75.9% / 24.1%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Binge eating Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ARIPIPRAZOLE 135 0.2% 0 38 10
LISDEXAMFETAMINE DIMESYLATE 51 0.3% 0 4 0
QUETIAPINE 51 0.1% 0 15 1
SODIUM OXYBATE 43 0.1% 0 5 0
PRAMIPEXOLE 39 0.7% 0 4 0
FLUOXETINE 33 0.1% 0 9 0
RISPERIDONE 27 0.0% 0 7 0
SEMAGLUTIDE 23 0.0% 0 2 0
BREXPIPRAZOLE 22 0.2% 0 0 0
MIRTAZAPINE 20 0.1% 0 6 0
OLANZAPINE 18 0.0% 0 3 1
ROPINIROLE 18 0.4% 0 0 0
SERTRALINE 18 0.0% 0 1 0
BUPROPION 15 0.0% 0 1 0
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA 14 0.0% 0 4 0
BUPROPION\NALTREXONE 13 0.2% 0 1 0
VENLAFAXINE 13 0.0% 0 0 0
TIRZEPATIDE 12 0.0% 0 2 0
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE 11 0.0% 0 1 0
LEVODOPA 11 0.2% 0 3 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Binge eating

135 reports
51 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)