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Dry eye: Which Medications Cause It? (37,588 Reports Across 816 Drugs)

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Dry eye has been reported as an adverse event with 816 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 37,588 total reports. 297 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Dry eye are DUPILUMAB, CYCLOSPORINE, and ADALIMUMAB.

37,588
Total Reports
816
Drugs Involved
297
Deaths
3,131
Hospitalizations
53.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
74.6% / 25.4%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Dry eye Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
DUPILUMAB 10,892 2.9% 6 209 4
CYCLOSPORINE 1,310 1.9% 5 69 8
ADALIMUMAB 1,253 0.3% 20 202 25
METHOTREXATE 1,023 0.4% 18 308 35
LIFITEGRAST 1,013 7.6% 0 14 4
ETANERCEPT 992 0.3% 20 251 35
TOFACITINIB 756 0.5% 19 97 18
LENALIDOMIDE 649 0.2% 1 35 2
TOCILIZUMAB 565 0.6% 19 236 25
CENEGERMIN-BKBJ 537 4.5% 1 15 0
HYPROMELLOSE 2910 521 26.6% 0 2 0
ABATACEPT 506 0.4% 12 206 14
ISOTRETINOIN 497 1.4% 2 15 5
BRIMONIDINE 490 4.1% 0 2 0
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 400\PROPYLENE GLYCOL 488 14.7% 2 0 0
RITUXIMAB 464 0.3% 21 135 41
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 454 0.7% 16 169 20
BIMATOPROST 403 2.7% 0 5 0
LEFLUNOMIDE 385 0.7% 15 109 16
PREDNISONE 371 0.2% 17 108 43

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Dry eye

10,892 reports
1,310 reports
1,253 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)