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Blood lactic acid increased: Which Medications Cause It? (3,747 Reports Across 358 Drugs)

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Blood lactic acid increased has been reported as an adverse event with 358 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 3,747 total reports. 638 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Blood lactic acid increased are METFORMIN, PREDNISONE, and ALBUTEROL.

3,747
Total Reports
358
Drugs Involved
638
Deaths
2,953
Hospitalizations
51.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
53.5% / 46.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Blood lactic acid increased Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
METFORMIN 570 0.6% 56 476 137
PREDNISONE 264 0.2% 30 249 22
ALBUTEROL 248 0.3% 0 238 25
AMLODIPINE 233 0.4% 15 222 101
MONTELUKAST 209 0.8% 0 209 22
OMALIZUMAB 200 0.3% 0 199 5
OSELTAMIVIR 197 1.7% 1 197 5
CEFTRIAXONE 195 1.0% 2 195 7
MEPOLIZUMAB 193 0.5% 0 193 5
RUPATADINE 192 25.0% 0 192 5
BUDESONIDE 187 0.7% 0 187 6
ACETAMINOPHEN 169 0.1% 31 153 55
AZITHROMYCIN 150 0.9% 1 149 6
ZIDOVUDINE 114 1.7% 1 58 3
STAVUDINE 112 4.3% 0 57 2
QUETIAPINE 109 0.2% 3 93 45
DIDANOSINE 104 5.0% 1 45 3
BUDESONIDE\FORMOTEROL 94 0.3% 0 94 2
IBUPROFEN 89 0.1% 22 65 43
LAMIVUDINE 87 0.5% 6 42 7

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Blood lactic acid increased

570 reports
264 reports
248 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)