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Breast cancer: Which Medications Cause It? (70,519 Reports Across 636 Drugs)

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Breast cancer has been reported as an adverse event with 636 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 70,519 total reports. 2,849 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Breast cancer are RANITIDINE, LETROZOLE, and ETANERCEPT.

70,519
Total Reports
636
Drugs Involved
2,849
Deaths
4,704
Hospitalizations
57.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
98.4% / 1.6%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Breast cancer Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RANITIDINE 45,666 10.9% 859 131 12
LETROZOLE 1,393 4.5% 169 228 45
ETANERCEPT 1,303 0.4% 15 176 37
METHOTREXATE 936 0.4% 27 152 51
ADALIMUMAB 894 0.2% 31 123 28
INFLIXIMAB 789 0.6% 16 99 27
RIBOCICLIB 788 2.8% 190 167 30
FULVESTRANT 684 3.9% 95 93 25
DENOSUMAB 671 0.5% 48 74 10
ABATACEPT 617 0.5% 11 77 22
INTERFERON BETA-1A 610 0.9% 12 191 15
EVEROLIMUS 607 1.5% 150 127 11
TAMOXIFEN 584 6.4% 23 61 4
PALBOCICLIB 578 0.6% 72 82 21
CAPECITABINE 558 0.9% 107 83 29
PACLITAXEL 554 0.7% 122 86 17
TOCILIZUMAB 482 0.5% 9 69 13
FINGOLIMOD 478 0.7% 2 93 53
SECUKINUMAB 475 0.3% 7 63 15
DIMETHYL 471 0.5% 3 118 14

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Breast cancer

45,666 reports
1,393 reports
1,303 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)