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Cardiac arrest: Which Medications Cause It? (50,748 Reports Across 1,427 Drugs)

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Cardiac arrest has been reported as an adverse event with 1,427 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 50,748 total reports. 32,412 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Cardiac arrest are FENTANYL, CALCIUM\DEXTROSE\MAGNESIUM\SODIUM\SODIUM, and ALPRAZOLAM.

50,748
Total Reports
1,427
Drugs Involved
32,412
Deaths
25,496
Hospitalizations
53.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
47.8% / 52.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Cardiac arrest Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
FENTANYL 1,711 1.8% 1,335 663 261
CALCIUM\DEXTROSE\MAGNESIUM\SODIUM\SODIUM 1,336 1.4% 1,204 677 13
ALPRAZOLAM 1,252 2.6% 1,126 471 127
OXYCODONE 1,234 0.7% 1,042 400 150
METFORMIN 1,209 1.3% 608 952 562
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN 1,108 1.0% 852 289 84
BUPROPION 1,028 2.9% 696 710 269
ACETAMINOPHEN 947 0.7% 790 509 181
QUETIAPINE 931 1.3% 672 545 263
MORPHINE 803 0.7% 593 295 171
AMLODIPINE 799 1.2% 463 576 326
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA 786 1.4% 727 210 36
GABAPENTIN 780 1.1% 636 339 127
PROPOFOL 758 4.7% 293 325 381
COCAINE 757 5.3% 726 257 37
ALCOHOL 742 3.4% 702 356 89
VENLAFAXINE 734 1.5% 434 444 206
METOPROLOL 733 1.8% 394 493 238
DEXAMETHASONE 721 0.6% 531 431 259
DIPHENHYDRAMINE 691 2.7% 525 392 154

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Cardiac arrest

1,711 reports
1,252 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)