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Drug resistance: Which Medications Cause It? (22,006 Reports Across 834 Drugs)

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Drug resistance has been reported as an adverse event with 834 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 22,006 total reports. 2,415 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Drug resistance are LAMIVUDINE, IMATINIB, and GEFITINIB.

22,006
Total Reports
834
Drugs Involved
2,415
Deaths
4,124
Hospitalizations
48.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
48.7% / 51.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Drug resistance Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
LAMIVUDINE 1,889 11.3% 73 220 7
IMATINIB 1,293 3.0% 220 142 35
GEFITINIB 1,228 26.1% 95 115 4
OSIMERTINIB 1,026 3.7% 139 98 9
NEVIRAPINE 862 13.0% 33 14 2
PREDNISONE 833 0.5% 104 236 65
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 817 0.6% 198 188 91
LEVETIRACETAM 798 1.3% 17 165 39
METHOTREXATE 765 0.3% 98 158 40
TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL 740 2.7% 32 114 3
RITUXIMAB 732 0.4% 84 160 71
EFAVIRENZ 654 8.3% 15 40 0
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 606 0.8% 77 145 10
GANCICLOVIR 594 11.9% 97 127 29
TACROLIMUS 585 0.6% 81 191 10
LINEZOLID 580 3.2% 74 145 36
PREDNISOLONE 577 0.7% 68 159 25
ZIDOVUDINE 568 8.5% 32 29 2
CYCLOSPORINE 563 0.8% 100 167 21
ADALIMUMAB 539 0.1% 10 102 4

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Drug resistance

1,889 reports
1,293 reports
1,228 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)