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Cardiotoxicity: Which Medications Cause It? (6,973 Reports Across 363 Drugs)

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Cardiotoxicity has been reported as an adverse event with 363 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 6,973 total reports. 1,082 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Cardiotoxicity are DOXORUBICIN, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, and TRASTUZUMAB.

6,973
Total Reports
363
Drugs Involved
1,082
Deaths
2,518
Hospitalizations
48.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
60.3% / 39.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Cardiotoxicity Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
DOXORUBICIN 1,366 1.7% 290 266 118
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 1,009 0.8% 231 199 59
TRASTUZUMAB 950 2.0% 61 101 29
VINCRISTINE 446 0.6% 112 94 27
FLUOROURACIL 425 0.8% 63 152 59
RITUXIMAB 389 0.2% 111 70 26
ETOPOSIDE 366 0.7% 83 87 23
CAPECITABINE 307 0.5% 39 129 25
TOCILIZUMAB 278 0.3% 44 100 12
PREDNISONE 277 0.2% 68 49 13
PACLITAXEL 269 0.4% 39 42 19
DOCETAXEL 262 0.4% 43 32 7
PERTUZUMAB 260 1.2% 10 33 12
OXALIPLATIN 259 0.5% 19 122 45
METHOTREXATE 254 0.1% 80 66 21
CARBOPLATIN 251 0.3% 40 70 14
CYTARABINE 242 0.6% 72 54 25
DEXAMETHASONE 217 0.2% 53 58 28
EPIRUBICIN 215 1.3% 45 42 3
AMLODIPINE 182 0.3% 30 136 78

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Cardiotoxicity

1,366 reports
1,009 reports
950 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)