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Drug abuser: Which Medications Cause It? (526 Reports Across 64 Drugs)

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Drug abuser has been reported as an adverse event with 64 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 526 total reports. 80 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Drug abuser are CANNABIS SATIVA SUBSP. INDICA TOP, PREGABALIN, and DIAZEPAM.

526
Total Reports
64
Drugs Involved
80
Deaths
189
Hospitalizations
37.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
40.7% / 59.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Drug abuser Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
CANNABIS SATIVA SUBSP. INDICA TOP 54 0.6% 4 43 2
PREGABALIN 52 0.1% 2 29 3
DIAZEPAM 48 0.1% 5 22 1
TRAMADOL 48 0.1% 16 18 8
OXYCODONE 47 0.0% 14 12 2
ALPRAZOLAM 45 0.1% 10 21 1
BUPRENORPHINE 41 0.1% 13 20 2
DIAMORPHINE 39 0.4% 12 22 0
COCAINE 38 0.3% 5 29 3
MORPHINE 38 0.0% 12 14 0
ALCOHOL 31 0.1% 4 27 1
CLONAZEPAM 31 0.1% 1 24 3
MIDOMAFETAMINE 26 1.9% 0 25 0
FENTANYL 23 0.0% 14 5 10
HYDROMORPHONE 22 0.0% 11 6 3
ACETAMINOPHEN\HYDROCODONE 21 0.0% 8 2 2
ACETAMINOPHEN\OXYCODONE 20 0.0% 8 2 1
ZOLPIDEM 20 0.1% 2 9 0
PRAZEPAM 18 1.1% 6 8 1
KETAMINE 17 0.2% 1 14 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Drug abuser

52 reports
48 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)