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Drug-induced liver injury: Which Medications Cause It? (26,439 Reports Across 1,067 Drugs)

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Drug-induced liver injury has been reported as an adverse event with 1,067 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 26,439 total reports. 2,855 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Drug-induced liver injury are ACETAMINOPHEN, METHOTREXATE, and ADALIMUMAB.

26,439
Total Reports
1,067
Drugs Involved
2,855
Deaths
12,080
Hospitalizations
52.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
57.6% / 42.4%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Drug-induced liver injury Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ACETAMINOPHEN 2,092 1.5% 758 1,499 623
METHOTREXATE 1,807 0.7% 535 813 470
ADALIMUMAB 1,400 0.3% 549 664 458
LEFLUNOMIDE 1,084 1.9% 509 661 502
INFLIXIMAB 1,051 0.8% 532 620 447
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 1,037 1.6% 502 599 425
DICLOFENAC 1,025 1.2% 574 662 475
ATORVASTATIN 990 1.2% 50 488 67
TOCILIZUMAB 968 1.0% 569 629 457
RITUXIMAB 953 0.5% 545 610 485
PREDNISONE 943 0.6% 528 655 463
ETANERCEPT 921 0.3% 463 510 386
SULFASALAZINE 886 2.2% 463 530 402
ABATACEPT 873 0.8% 424 517 396
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 866 1.4% 446 547 355
AZATHIOPRINE 861 2.6% 513 528 420
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 813 0.8% 530 531 445
GOLIMUMAB 771 1.1% 503 483 416
ISONIAZID 766 10.1% 180 244 36
CETIRIZINE 752 1.6% 546 594 481

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Drug-induced liver injury

2,092 reports
1,807 reports
1,400 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)