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Cardiomyopathy: Which Medications Cause It? (9,177 Reports Across 576 Drugs)

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Cardiomyopathy has been reported as an adverse event with 576 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 9,177 total reports. 1,550 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Cardiomyopathy are DOXORUBICIN, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, and SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN.

9,177
Total Reports
576
Drugs Involved
1,550
Deaths
4,613
Hospitalizations
54.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
51.5% / 48.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Cardiomyopathy Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
DOXORUBICIN 820 1.0% 99 373 158
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 581 0.5% 90 267 90
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN 444 0.4% 73 157 12
CLOZAPINE 404 0.4% 36 190 33
PREDNISONE 379 0.2% 47 158 35
RITUXIMAB 379 0.2% 38 137 41
ROSIGLITAZONE 374 0.8% 103 302 0
VINCRISTINE 326 0.5% 39 133 41
TRASTUZUMAB 292 0.6% 21 124 32
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 231 0.4% 45 127 34
METHOTREXATE 220 0.1% 20 87 20
ADALIMUMAB 212 0.0% 15 120 10
FLUOROURACIL 187 0.4% 9 112 39
FUROSEMIDE 185 0.4% 9 126 10
PEMBROLIZUMAB 174 0.2% 30 98 29
DEXAMETHASONE 173 0.1% 33 72 16
PACLITAXEL 173 0.2% 13 89 19
OLANZAPINE 167 0.3% 18 74 7
ATORVASTATIN 165 0.2% 8 69 5
CYTARABINE 157 0.4% 35 92 26

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Cardiomyopathy

820 reports
581 reports
444 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)