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Cholestasis: Which Medications Cause It? (13,105 Reports Across 797 Drugs)

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Cholestasis has been reported as an adverse event with 797 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 13,105 total reports. 1,045 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Cholestasis are ACETAMINOPHEN, ATORVASTATIN, and PANTOPRAZOLE.

13,105
Total Reports
797
Drugs Involved
1,045
Deaths
7,509
Hospitalizations
60.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
53.5% / 46.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Cholestasis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ACETAMINOPHEN 1,269 0.9% 57 737 73
ATORVASTATIN 898 1.1% 48 558 33
PANTOPRAZOLE 535 0.7% 35 312 19
METHOTREXATE 507 0.2% 34 268 46
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANATE 480 3.1% 21 341 18
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM 462 1.2% 21 323 20
ENOXAPARIN 404 1.6% 7 215 6
PIPERACILLIN\TAZOBACTAM 394 2.1% 17 254 36
ESOMEPRAZOLE 363 0.5% 23 243 6
NIVOLUMAB 342 0.4% 41 202 10
AMOXICILLIN 326 1.1% 20 198 6
LANSOPRAZOLE 322 0.5% 13 205 7
LEVOFLOXACIN 320 0.8% 19 210 9
TRAMADOL 305 0.4% 11 188 22
CARBOPLATIN 295 0.4% 16 140 14
TACROLIMUS 291 0.3% 74 197 29
FUROSEMIDE 288 0.6% 36 191 16
PEMBROLIZUMAB 273 0.3% 15 141 8
VINCRISTINE 273 0.4% 12 112 24
CEFTRIAXONE 261 1.3% 29 165 8

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Cholestasis

1,269 reports
898 reports
535 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)