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Diabetes mellitus: Which Medications Cause It? (47,674 Reports Across 1,225 Drugs)

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Diabetes mellitus has been reported as an adverse event with 1,225 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 47,674 total reports. 2,789 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Diabetes mellitus are ADALIMUMAB, ETANERCEPT, and PREDNISONE.

47,674
Total Reports
1,225
Drugs Involved
2,789
Deaths
13,308
Hospitalizations
59.3 yrs
Average Patient Age
55.8% / 44.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Diabetes mellitus Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ADALIMUMAB 2,763 0.6% 88 947 20
ETANERCEPT 2,045 0.6% 48 355 17
PREDNISONE 1,832 1.2% 93 641 47
METHOTREXATE 1,547 0.6% 40 353 39
METFORMIN 1,377 1.5% 37 343 47
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN 1,214 1.1% 78 220 21
RITUXIMAB 1,051 0.6% 58 255 21
OLANZAPINE 989 1.9% 14 363 62
ABATACEPT 953 0.8% 13 147 10
ALBUTEROL 950 1.0% 160 303 127
PREDNISOLONE 910 1.1% 105 360 80
SECUKINUMAB 888 0.6% 26 173 24
TOFACITINIB 868 0.6% 14 151 5
TACROLIMUS 862 1.0% 104 360 41
TOCILIZUMAB 842 0.9% 32 204 19
PREGABALIN 805 0.8% 28 192 19
INFLIXIMAB 787 0.6% 20 194 9
ARIPIPRAZOLE 773 1.2% 38 210 49
ATORVASTATIN 725 0.9% 22 167 30
INTERFERON BETA-1A 689 1.0% 17 202 5

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Diabetes mellitus

2,763 reports
2,045 reports
1,832 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)