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Dry skin: Which Medications Cause It? (110,872 Reports Across 1,026 Drugs)

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Dry skin has been reported as an adverse event with 1,026 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 110,872 total reports. 1,171 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Dry skin are ADAPALENE, AVOBENZONE\OCTISALATE\OCTOCRYLENE, and DUPILUMAB.

110,872
Total Reports
1,026
Drugs Involved
1,171
Deaths
7,282
Hospitalizations
40.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
71.2% / 28.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Dry skin Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ADAPALENE 46,228 25.5% 0 8 1
AVOBENZONE\OCTISALATE\OCTOCRYLENE 35,791 27.4% 0 5 0
DUPILUMAB 20,239 5.3% 19 371 3
AVOBENZONE\HOMOSALATE\OCTINOXATE\OCTISALATE\OXYBENZONE 3,695 34.4% 0 0 0
LENALIDOMIDE 2,040 0.6% 25 154 1
ADALIMUMAB 1,852 0.4% 7 310 12
ISOTRETINOIN 1,688 4.8% 11 62 11
SECUKINUMAB 1,536 1.0% 17 133 20
PALBOCICLIB 1,399 1.5% 31 145 27
CABOZANTINIB S-MALATE 1,169 3.0% 20 129 4
LEVOTHYROXINE 1,050 1.7% 0 159 102
CAPECITABINE 974 1.5% 35 130 7
ERLOTINIB 953 4.2% 57 83 5
ETANERCEPT 868 0.2% 5 100 9
MINOXIDIL 693 1.1% 0 2 0
METHOTREXATE 650 0.3% 20 177 13
SUNITINIB MALATE 621 2.9% 56 197 4
RIBOCICLIB 587 2.1% 33 142 62
RIBAVIRIN 562 1.3% 12 64 9
APIXABAN 528 0.3% 0 124 113

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Dry skin

46,228 reports
20,239 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)