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Drug administered at inappropriate site: Which Medications Cause It? (7,059 Reports Across 102 Drugs)

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Drug administered at inappropriate site has been reported as an adverse event with 102 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 7,059 total reports. 34 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Drug administered at inappropriate site are DICLOFENAC, MINOXIDIL, and INGENOL MEBUTATE.

7,059
Total Reports
102
Drugs Involved
34
Deaths
224
Hospitalizations
59.5 yrs
Average Patient Age
63.5% / 36.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Drug administered at inappropriate site Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
DICLOFENAC 1,735 2.0% 11 30 10
MINOXIDIL 1,307 2.2% 0 1 0
INGENOL MEBUTATE 500 16.5% 0 7 0
TESTOSTERONE 324 1.2% 0 8 0
BUPRENORPHINE 232 0.3% 0 6 0
ADALIMUMAB 222 0.0% 0 20 0
FENTANYL 149 0.2% 2 5 1
DAYTRANA 141 9.7% 0 0 0
OXYTROL FOR WOMEN 116 4.0% 0 0 0
METHYLPHENIDATE 107 0.4% 0 2 0
ETANERCEPT 106 0.0% 0 3 0
PICATO 104 26.1% 0 0 0
INTERFERON BETA-1A 101 0.2% 3 18 0
ANDROGEL 85 5.5% 0 2 0
TERIPARATIDE 79 0.1% 0 4 0
OXYBUTYNIN 68 0.9% 0 3 0
AVONEX 65 1.1% 0 3 0
BIMATOPROST 62 0.4% 0 0 0
VOLTAREN 62 23.0% 1 3 1
ESTRADIOL 53 0.2% 0 1 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Drug administered at inappropriate site

1,735 reports
1,307 reports
500 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)