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Cerebral venous thrombosis: Which Medications Cause It? (1,264 Reports Across 133 Drugs)

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Cerebral venous thrombosis has been reported as an adverse event with 133 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,264 total reports. 127 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Cerebral venous thrombosis are METHOTREXATE, VINCRISTINE, and PREDNISONE.

1,264
Total Reports
133
Drugs Involved
127
Deaths
825
Hospitalizations
40.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
67.8% / 32.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Cerebral venous thrombosis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
METHOTREXATE 121 0.1% 21 58 21
VINCRISTINE 87 0.1% 17 34 12
PREDNISONE 73 0.1% 17 33 13
ASPARAGINASE 66 1.3% 15 6 1
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\LEVONORGESTREL 66 1.4% 1 47 25
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\ETONOGESTREL 63 0.5% 1 56 6
DAUNORUBICIN 59 0.6% 14 19 5
PEGASPARGASE 56 0.5% 8 39 11
DEXAMETHASONE 53 0.0% 2 26 7
METFORMIN 47 0.1% 0 39 19
PREDNISOLONE 46 0.1% 8 26 5
DROSPIRENONE\ETHINYL ESTRADIOL 42 0.7% 5 36 12
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 42 0.1% 1 27 8
CISPLATIN 40 0.1% 4 19 8
CYTARABINE 39 0.1% 8 20 8
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 31 0.0% 10 14 1
ADALIMUMAB 29 0.0% 0 24 2
TOPIRAMATE 29 0.1% 0 26 17
TOZINAMERAN 28 0.4% 1 24 8
CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE 23 2.3% 0 18 12

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Cerebral venous thrombosis

121 reports
87 reports
73 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)