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Blood lactic acid: Which Medications Cause It? (101 Reports Across 23 Drugs)

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Blood lactic acid has been reported as an adverse event with 23 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 101 total reports. 4 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Blood lactic acid are METFORMIN, FUROSEMIDE, and FLUINDIONE.

101
Total Reports
23
Drugs Involved
4
Deaths
51
Hospitalizations
66.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
43.3% / 56.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Blood lactic acid Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
METFORMIN 66 0.1% 0 31 38
FUROSEMIDE 32 0.1% 0 7 32
FLUINDIONE 23 1.1% 0 7 23
METFORMIN\SITAGLIPTIN 22 0.3% 0 2 20
ALLOPURINOL 20 0.1% 0 0 20
BISOPROLOL 20 0.1% 0 0 20
GLIMEPIRIDE 20 0.4% 0 0 20
NICARDIPINE 20 0.9% 0 0 20
POTASSIUM 20 0.2% 0 0 20
VALSARTAN 20 0.1% 0 0 20
DIGOXIN 19 0.3% 0 0 19
MONTELUKAST 16 0.1% 0 1 15
DIOSMIN 14 8.8% 0 0 14
ATORVASTATIN 13 0.0% 1 7 12
FEBUXOSTAT 12 0.2% 0 7 12
METFORMIN\VILDAGLIPTIN 12 0.4% 0 7 12
NEBIVOLOL 12 0.2% 0 7 12
PENTOXIFYLLINE 10 0.7% 0 0 10
EPLERENONE 9 0.2% 0 0 9
IRBESARTAN 9 0.1% 0 9 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Blood lactic acid

66 reports
32 reports
23 reports

Related Side Effects

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