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Blood potassium increased: Which Medications Cause It? (10,726 Reports Across 535 Drugs)

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Blood potassium increased has been reported as an adverse event with 535 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 10,726 total reports. 832 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Blood potassium increased are SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN, PATIROMER, and SPIRONOLACTONE.

10,726
Total Reports
535
Drugs Involved
832
Deaths
4,958
Hospitalizations
64.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
48.3% / 51.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Blood potassium increased Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN 1,415 1.3% 45 335 46
PATIROMER 777 5.9% 25 260 3
SPIRONOLACTONE 281 1.3% 9 117 10
CALCIUM\DEXTROSE\MAGNESIUM\SODIUM\SODIUM 229 0.2% 22 196 0
RUXOLITINIB 224 0.3% 20 85 14
ADALIMUMAB 218 0.0% 13 153 4
FUROSEMIDE 217 0.4% 8 145 7
METFORMIN 207 0.2% 12 161 50
LENALIDOMIDE 192 0.1% 8 89 5
LISINOPRIL 180 0.5% 2 91 6
METHOTREXATE 174 0.1% 5 134 4
GABAPENTIN 166 0.2% 6 142 4
ETANERCEPT 159 0.0% 3 130 0
FENTANYL 152 0.2% 2 149 2
OXYCODONE 147 0.1% 1 142 10
POTASSIUM 144 1.2% 8 75 6
TOCILIZUMAB 137 0.1% 3 117 1
CELECOXIB 133 0.4% 1 123 2
FINERENONE 132 6.9% 1 20 0
TACROLIMUS 132 0.2% 7 80 2

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Blood potassium increased

1,415 reports
777 reports
281 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)