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Chorea: Which Medications Cause It? (1,001 Reports Across 116 Drugs)

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Chorea has been reported as an adverse event with 116 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,001 total reports. 38 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Chorea are METFORMIN, GABAPENTIN, and CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA.

1,001
Total Reports
116
Drugs Involved
38
Deaths
532
Hospitalizations
57.8 yrs
Average Patient Age
58.7% / 41.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Chorea Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
METFORMIN 74 0.1% 0 26 2
GABAPENTIN 67 0.1% 0 16 0
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA 50 0.1% 4 38 7
LEVOFLOXACIN 39 0.1% 0 25 0
QUETIAPINE 38 0.1% 0 20 1
RISPERIDONE 36 0.1% 11 22 1
SERTRALINE 34 0.1% 0 25 0
TETRABENAZINE 34 0.6% 4 6 0
LAMOTRIGINE 31 0.1% 0 9 3
METHYLPHENIDATE 30 0.1% 0 24 0
DEUTETRABENAZINE 28 0.5% 0 0 0
ATORVASTATIN 26 0.0% 0 26 2
OLANZAPINE 26 0.1% 0 10 0
ARIPIPRAZOLE 25 0.0% 0 15 0
MEMANTINE 24 0.4% 0 13 0
VENLAFAXINE 21 0.0% 0 16 0
MIRTAZAPINE 20 0.1% 7 19 1
PHENYTOIN 18 0.1% 0 7 0
PRAMIPEXOLE 18 0.3% 2 10 0
FLUOXETINE 16 0.1% 0 13 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Chorea

74 reports
67 reports
50 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)