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Cerebral artery embolism: Which Medications Cause It? (744 Reports Across 59 Drugs)

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Cerebral artery embolism has been reported as an adverse event with 59 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 744 total reports. 170 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Cerebral artery embolism are RIVAROXABAN, APIXABAN, and DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE.

744
Total Reports
59
Drugs Involved
170
Deaths
417
Hospitalizations
65.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
46.2% / 53.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Cerebral artery embolism Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RIVAROXABAN 97 0.1% 18 52 3
APIXABAN 63 0.0% 6 27 8
DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE 40 0.1% 1 14 7
ETHIODIZED OIL 27 2.7% 8 6 0
ASPIRIN 26 0.0% 8 15 2
PREDNISONE 20 0.0% 16 18 1
HEPARIN 19 0.1% 2 12 2
ADALIMUMAB 18 0.0% 6 9 1
VORICONAZOLE 17 0.1% 16 16 0
ALTEPLASE 16 0.1% 6 1 0
PACLITAXEL 16 0.0% 7 14 6
AMPHOTERICIN B 15 0.1% 15 14 2
RUXOLITINIB 15 0.0% 14 14 0
TACROLIMUS 15 0.0% 14 14 0
WARFARIN 15 0.0% 2 8 2
XARELTO 15 0.4% 0 9 2
ANDEXANET ALFA 14 1.3% 2 3 0
BUDESONIDE 14 0.1% 14 13 0
CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE 14 0.0% 2 10 1
EDOXABAN 13 0.2% 4 11 2

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Cerebral artery embolism

97 reports
63 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)