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Drug prescribing error: Which Medications Cause It? (13,858 Reports Across 436 Drugs)

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Drug prescribing error has been reported as an adverse event with 436 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 13,858 total reports. 330 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Drug prescribing error are RIVAROXABAN, POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350, and FENTANYL.

13,858
Total Reports
436
Drugs Involved
330
Deaths
2,108
Hospitalizations
55.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
60.6% / 39.4%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Drug prescribing error Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RIVAROXABAN 1,000 0.8% 20 136 5
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350 592 1.6% 0 7 1
FENTANYL 587 0.6% 15 46 3
METHYLPHENIDATE 444 1.4% 0 4 0
INFLIXIMAB-DYYB 441 1.7% 1 4 0
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN 348 0.3% 41 74 11
MINOXIDIL 289 0.5% 0 1 0
ADALIMUMAB 277 0.1% 0 24 0
DAYTRANA 240 16.6% 0 0 0
CANAGLIFLOZIN 202 0.8% 0 10 2
ESTRADIOL 199 0.6% 0 0 0
INSULIN LISPRO 157 0.2% 0 5 1
METOPROLOL 155 0.4% 2 132 4
DICLOFENAC 149 0.2% 4 36 1
IBUPROFEN 143 0.2% 4 99 6
SECUKINUMAB 142 0.1% 1 7 0
NAPROXEN 141 0.3% 2 9 1
PREGABALIN 134 0.1% 5 29 1
ASPIRIN 133 0.1% 8 109 1
INSULIN DEGLUDEC 131 1.1% 0 2 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Drug prescribing error

1,000 reports
587 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)