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Cholelithiasis: Which Medications Cause It? (18,606 Reports Across 732 Drugs)

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Cholelithiasis has been reported as an adverse event with 732 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 18,606 total reports. 1,127 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Cholelithiasis are ADALIMUMAB, OCTREOTIDE, and SEMAGLUTIDE.

18,606
Total Reports
732
Drugs Involved
1,127
Deaths
11,542
Hospitalizations
55.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
65.0% / 35.0%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Cholelithiasis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ADALIMUMAB 1,238 0.3% 33 729 21
OCTREOTIDE 641 2.7% 47 412 34
SEMAGLUTIDE 571 1.0% 8 339 22
METHOTREXATE 466 0.2% 16 308 8
TIRZEPATIDE 386 0.4% 7 210 27
PREDNISONE 346 0.2% 45 224 57
ETANERCEPT 345 0.1% 9 189 1
ACETAMINOPHEN 313 0.2% 47 276 33
LENALIDOMIDE 308 0.1% 6 201 11
CEFTRIAXONE 306 1.6% 42 196 33
LIRAGLUTIDE 301 1.3% 14 177 12
ATORVASTATIN 289 0.4% 40 158 35
METFORMIN 288 0.3% 40 173 44
RITUXIMAB 278 0.2% 11 156 5
DIAZEPAM 275 0.7% 34 271 30
TOCILIZUMAB 269 0.3% 11 129 4
QUETIAPINE 267 0.4% 0 259 0
OLANZAPINE 266 0.5% 3 252 6
OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL 264 2.2% 5 212 0
CLONAZEPAM 259 0.7% 2 249 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Cholelithiasis

1,238 reports
641 reports
571 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)