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Dementia alzheimer's type: Which Medications Cause It? (6,682 Reports Across 331 Drugs)

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Dementia alzheimer's type has been reported as an adverse event with 331 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 6,682 total reports. 874 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Dementia alzheimer's type are RIVASTIGMINE, APIXABAN, and ADALIMUMAB.

6,682
Total Reports
331
Drugs Involved
874
Deaths
1,326
Hospitalizations
76.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
58.9% / 41.1%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Dementia alzheimer's type Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RIVASTIGMINE 428 4.7% 98 94 8
APIXABAN 362 0.2% 27 26 0
ADALIMUMAB 228 0.1% 54 71 0
INSULIN GLARGINE 162 0.2% 5 12 0
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN 158 0.1% 11 21 2
LENALIDOMIDE 153 0.0% 17 36 0
ETANERCEPT 152 0.0% 12 20 0
INSULIN LISPRO 148 0.2% 3 15 1
TOFACITINIB 143 0.1% 15 12 0
TRIPTORELIN 106 2.0% 0 0 0
DONEPEZIL 103 1.2% 4 34 2
BICALUTAMIDE 98 2.4% 1 1 0
CYPROTERONE 96 12.2% 0 0 0
FLUTAMIDE 96 35.7% 0 0 0
MEGESTROL 96 13.1% 0 0 0
ATORVASTATIN 90 0.1% 7 20 1
MEMANTINE 86 1.5% 14 34 2
PIMAVANSERIN 85 0.2% 28 16 0
ZOLEDRONIC ACID 85 0.3% 17 17 1
VALSARTAN 80 0.4% 13 22 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Dementia alzheimer's type

428 reports
362 reports
228 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)