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Eating disorder: Which Medications Cause It? (15,921 Reports Across 673 Drugs)

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Eating disorder has been reported as an adverse event with 673 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 15,921 total reports. 1,169 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Eating disorder are ARIPIPRAZOLE, METHOTREXATE, and METFORMIN.

15,921
Total Reports
673
Drugs Involved
1,169
Deaths
5,794
Hospitalizations
56.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
66.3% / 33.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Eating disorder Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ARIPIPRAZOLE 748 1.1% 8 360 4
METHOTREXATE 466 0.2% 1 343 153
METFORMIN 376 0.4% 6 288 230
AMLODIPINE 345 0.5% 16 290 241
ATORVASTATIN 328 0.4% 3 263 232
ADALIMUMAB 324 0.1% 8 198 7
SECUKINUMAB 320 0.2% 7 197 156
ASPIRIN 318 0.3% 6 286 187
OCTREOTIDE 313 1.3% 92 211 55
ESOMEPRAZOLE 304 0.4% 3 223 202
PALBOCICLIB 280 0.3% 24 81 2
EVEROLIMUS 277 0.7% 45 122 29
PREGABALIN 277 0.3% 7 96 14
LENALIDOMIDE 268 0.1% 3 47 0
ETANERCEPT 260 0.1% 6 147 0
MORPHINE 247 0.2% 35 191 128
PREDNISONE 246 0.2% 11 168 123
SITAGLIPTIN 246 1.2% 2 219 216
IRBESARTAN 244 2.4% 1 230 226
RIBOCICLIB 227 0.8% 39 83 18

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Eating disorder

748 reports
466 reports
376 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)