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Corneal perforation: Which Medications Cause It? (429 Reports Across 58 Drugs)

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Corneal perforation has been reported as an adverse event with 58 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 429 total reports. 14 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Corneal perforation are PREDNISOLONE, DEXAMETHASONE, and TOBRAMYCIN.

429
Total Reports
58
Drugs Involved
14
Deaths
146
Hospitalizations
58.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
60.2% / 39.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Corneal perforation Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
PREDNISOLONE 30 0.0% 0 15 0
DEXAMETHASONE 26 0.0% 0 8 1
TOBRAMYCIN 23 0.2% 0 7 0
CENEGERMIN-BKBJ 20 0.2% 0 0 0
MOXIFLOXACIN 20 0.1% 0 8 0
INDOMETHACIN 19 0.4% 0 8 0
RITUXIMAB 18 0.0% 0 6 0
VORICONAZOLE 18 0.1% 0 10 0
PREDNISONE 17 0.0% 3 1 3
ADALIMUMAB 15 0.0% 0 4 0
BETAMETHASONE 14 0.2% 0 1 0
ERLOTINIB 14 0.1% 3 10 0
METHOTREXATE 14 0.0% 0 3 1
TOCILIZUMAB 14 0.0% 1 6 0
DOXYCYCLINE 13 0.1% 0 5 0
BROMFENAC 12 1.0% 0 4 0
DUPILUMAB 12 0.0% 0 4 0
OFLOXACIN 12 0.4% 0 3 0
BEVACIZUMAB 11 0.0% 2 7 0
DICLOFENAC 11 0.0% 3 3 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Corneal perforation

30 reports
26 reports
23 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)