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Blood iron increased: Which Medications Cause It? (1,342 Reports Across 85 Drugs)

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Blood iron increased has been reported as an adverse event with 85 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,342 total reports. 88 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Blood iron increased are DEFERASIROX, ECULIZUMAB, and RUXOLITINIB.

1,342
Total Reports
85
Drugs Involved
88
Deaths
405
Hospitalizations
53.8 yrs
Average Patient Age
57.3% / 42.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Blood iron increased Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
DEFERASIROX 271 2.4% 24 125 23
ECULIZUMAB 96 0.2% 2 20 0
RUXOLITINIB 92 0.1% 9 30 6
LENALIDOMIDE 53 0.0% 0 6 0
ADALIMUMAB 35 0.0% 0 8 0
CYCLOSPORINE 30 0.0% 16 6 4
AMLODIPINE 27 0.0% 16 7 1
TETRAFERRIC TRICITRATE DECAHYDRATE 27 1.6% 0 3 0
RITUXIMAB 25 0.0% 16 2 0
DEFEROXAMINE 23 2.7% 4 6 2
PREDNISONE 22 0.0% 16 2 0
DEFERIPRONE 20 0.8% 0 6 0
RIBAVIRIN 18 0.0% 0 4 0
MITAPIVAT 17 2.7% 0 0 0
NIRAPARIB 17 0.1% 0 4 1
FERRIC CARBOXYMALTOSE 15 0.2% 3 3 0
METFORMIN 15 0.0% 2 6 2
ETANERCEPT 14 0.0% 0 0 0
FERROUS 14 0.3% 5 11 0
IRON 14 0.5% 0 3 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Blood iron increased

271 reports
96 reports
92 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)