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Electrolyte imbalance: Which Medications Cause It? (7,985 Reports Across 579 Drugs)

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Electrolyte imbalance has been reported as an adverse event with 579 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 7,985 total reports. 1,139 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Electrolyte imbalance are TORSEMIDE, FUROSEMIDE, and LENALIDOMIDE.

7,985
Total Reports
579
Drugs Involved
1,139
Deaths
6,029
Hospitalizations
58.5 yrs
Average Patient Age
58.0% / 42.0%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Electrolyte imbalance Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
TORSEMIDE 275 3.4% 13 271 50
FUROSEMIDE 265 0.5% 52 205 48
LENALIDOMIDE 229 0.1% 25 172 9
CISPLATIN 216 0.5% 26 166 22
OMEPRAZOLE 208 0.2% 5 181 13
CARBOPLATIN 200 0.2% 25 141 12
RAMIPRIL 199 0.6% 34 181 48
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 195 0.2% 55 129 49
SPIRONOLACTONE 193 0.9% 8 180 38
TACROLIMUS 183 0.2% 26 127 26
CAPECITABINE 178 0.3% 44 128 20
METHOTREXATE 174 0.1% 44 108 20
DEXAMETHASONE 173 0.1% 41 130 33
ADALIMUMAB 170 0.0% 11 156 2
METFORMIN 165 0.2% 57 144 49
FLUOROURACIL 158 0.3% 27 116 18
ETOPOSIDE 154 0.3% 45 109 33
PANTOPRAZOLE 153 0.2% 44 143 47
PREDNISOLONE 153 0.2% 55 117 48
PREDNISONE 145 0.1% 71 121 44

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Electrolyte imbalance

275 reports
265 reports
229 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)