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Drug dependence: Which Medications Cause It? (148,555 Reports Across 782 Drugs)

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Drug dependence has been reported as an adverse event with 782 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 148,555 total reports. 15,278 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Drug dependence are OXYCODONE, ACETAMINOPHEN\HYDROCODONE, and MORPHINE.

148,555
Total Reports
782
Drugs Involved
15,278
Deaths
10,645
Hospitalizations
44.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
41.0% / 59.0%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Drug dependence Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
OXYCODONE 104,927 55.1% 12,600 4,694 284
ACETAMINOPHEN\HYDROCODONE 41,789 38.4% 5,014 2,812 119
MORPHINE 40,036 33.2% 4,308 2,502 198
HYDROMORPHONE 39,714 47.6% 4,428 2,454 124
ACETAMINOPHEN\OXYCODONE 34,821 35.0% 4,882 2,609 113
TRAMADOL 21,018 27.8% 2,234 1,918 142
BUPRENORPHINE 16,730 20.4% 1,996 1,362 77
HYDROCODONE 14,400 30.1% 1,840 710 33
ACETAMINOPHEN\OXYCODONE\OXYCODONE TEREPHTHALATE 10,040 85.7% 832 596 35
FENTANYL 7,970 8.4% 1,928 1,147 82
METHADONE 5,739 21.8% 660 656 57
BUPRENORPHINE\NALOXONE 4,755 22.0% 253 483 50
OXYMORPHONE 3,790 10.0% 978 575 7
DIAMORPHINE 3,325 37.0% 875 549 33
ALPRAZOLAM 2,743 5.7% 563 837 82
PREGABALIN 2,348 2.3% 225 584 82
OMEPRAZOLE 1,854 2.1% 22 62 2
ASPIRIN\OXYCODONE 1,773 6.9% 729 311 1
DIAZEPAM 1,731 4.5% 419 664 119
OXYMETAZOLINE 1,567 34.4% 8 7 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Drug dependence

104,927 reports
41,789 reports
40,036 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)