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Cystic fibrosis: Which Medications Cause It? (5,104 Reports Across 99 Drugs)

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Cystic fibrosis has been reported as an adverse event with 99 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 5,104 total reports. 270 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Cystic fibrosis are AZTREONAM LYSINE, TOBRAMYCIN, and DORNASE ALFA.

5,104
Total Reports
99
Drugs Involved
270
Deaths
3,911
Hospitalizations
29.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
58.8% / 41.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Cystic fibrosis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
AZTREONAM LYSINE 2,766 23.7% 107 2,160 2
TOBRAMYCIN 646 5.6% 49 520 5
DORNASE ALFA 565 10.4% 7 471 2
IVACAFTOR\LUMACAFTOR 254 3.1% 10 221 0
IVACAFTOR\TEZACAFTOR 194 3.6% 4 176 0
ELEXACAFTOR\IVACAFTOR\TEZACAFTOR 173 1.3% 10 131 2
IVACAFTOR 167 2.5% 10 148 1
PANCRELIPASE AMYLASE\PANCRELIPASE LIPASE\PANCRELIPASE PROTEASE 123 0.8% 9 85 1
OMALIZUMAB 81 0.1% 13 63 1
ALBUTEROL 63 0.1% 2 38 0
AZTREONAM 47 2.6% 8 39 3
MEPOLIZUMAB 43 0.1% 1 30 0
METHOTREXATE 42 0.0% 0 13 0
TOBI PODHALER 41 22.4% 4 29 0
DUPILUMAB 32 0.0% 3 21 0
AMIKACIN 30 0.3% 4 28 0
FOLIC ACID 30 0.1% 0 13 0
SODIUM 28 0.1% 1 25 0
ADALIMUMAB 27 0.0% 0 3 0
OMEPRAZOLE 27 0.0% 5 0 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Cystic fibrosis

2,766 reports
646 reports
565 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)