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Calcium deficiency: Which Medications Cause It? (877 Reports Across 65 Drugs)

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Calcium deficiency has been reported as an adverse event with 65 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 877 total reports. 33 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Calcium deficiency are ALENDRONATE, NEXIUM, and OMEPRAZOLE.

877
Total Reports
65
Drugs Involved
33
Deaths
463
Hospitalizations
56.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
75.3% / 24.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Calcium deficiency Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ALENDRONATE 156 0.6% 5 147 0
NEXIUM 123 6.3% 5 77 1
OMEPRAZOLE 70 0.1% 3 26 6
ESOMEPRAZOLE 59 0.1% 3 33 12
ADALIMUMAB 44 0.0% 0 14 0
PRILOSEC 34 7.7% 1 22 1
CARVEDILOL 30 0.2% 0 2 0
ALENDRONATE\CHOLECALCIFEROL 29 1.1% 1 25 0
POTASSIUM 29 0.2% 0 1 0
ATORVASTATIN 28 0.0% 0 0 0
LANSOPRAZOLE 28 0.1% 3 18 12
SPIRONOLACTONE 28 0.1% 0 1 0
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE 27 0.1% 0 1 0
FOSAMAX 27 2.8% 1 26 0
MORPHINE 27 0.0% 0 0 0
RIBOCICLIB 27 0.1% 8 11 5
WARFARIN 27 0.1% 0 0 0
ZOPICLONE 27 0.2% 0 0 0
DIAZEPAM 26 0.1% 0 0 0
METOLAZONE 26 2.2% 0 0 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Calcium deficiency

156 reports
123 reports
70 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)