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Contrast media reaction: Which Medications Cause It? (1,448 Reports Across 35 Drugs)

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Contrast media reaction has been reported as an adverse event with 35 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,448 total reports. 71 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Contrast media reaction are IOHEXOL, GADOBUTROL, and IOPAMIDOL.

1,448
Total Reports
35
Drugs Involved
71
Deaths
459
Hospitalizations
54.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
61.1% / 38.9%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Contrast media reaction Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
IOHEXOL 232 4.0% 13 44 26
GADOBUTROL 181 4.5% 8 40 13
IOPAMIDOL 118 5.5% 7 50 21
GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE 97 4.9% 3 29 18
IOPROMIDE 95 3.0% 3 16 17
GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE 80 2.5% 0 19 12
SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE 64 4.3% 3 30 24
GADOLINIUM 54 4.1% 0 14 15
IODIXANOL 49 2.4% 8 23 7
GADOTERIDOL 48 6.1% 1 12 11
PERFLUTREN 47 1.4% 1 10 9
GADOPENTETATE DIMEGLUMINE 26 3.5% 0 5 6
IOVERSOL 23 1.5% 0 4 2
GADOXETATE 11 2.5% 0 2 2
DIPHENHYDRAMINE 9 0.0% 0 1 0
GADOPICLENOL 9 6.1% 0 2 1
REGADENOSON 9 0.3% 0 4 3
GADODIAMIDE 8 1.0% 0 0 0
IOXILAN 8 6.7% 1 0 0
METHOTREXATE 8 0.0% 0 8 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Contrast media reaction

232 reports
181 reports
118 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)