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Embolic stroke: Which Medications Cause It? (2,577 Reports Across 145 Drugs)

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Embolic stroke has been reported as an adverse event with 145 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 2,577 total reports. 387 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Embolic stroke are RIVAROXABAN, APIXABAN, and DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE.

2,577
Total Reports
145
Drugs Involved
387
Deaths
1,644
Hospitalizations
69.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
45.1% / 54.9%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Embolic stroke Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RIVAROXABAN 464 0.4% 73 307 31
APIXABAN 286 0.2% 34 144 22
DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE 275 0.7% 18 161 25
EDOXABAN 169 2.0% 15 142 8
ASPIRIN 146 0.2% 21 88 22
CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE 80 0.2% 2 30 18
WARFARIN 62 0.2% 6 41 18
RAMIPRIL 58 0.2% 6 28 2
PREDNISONE 49 0.0% 12 10 2
METHOTREXATE 47 0.0% 6 11 0
DROSPIRENONE\ETHINYL ESTRADIOL 44 0.7% 2 41 8
DEXAMETHASONE 40 0.0% 6 27 8
HEPARIN 37 0.2% 7 21 5
XARELTO 34 1.0% 4 19 1
LEUPROLIDE 32 0.1% 1 4 2
TAMSULOSIN 32 0.2% 0 8 0
LENALIDOMIDE 31 0.0% 9 22 2
DILTIAZEM 30 0.2% 0 3 2
FOLIC ACID 30 0.1% 0 3 0
SIMVASTATIN 29 0.1% 0 2 2

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Embolic stroke

464 reports
286 reports
275 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)