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Essential hypertension: Which Medications Cause It? (1,775 Reports Across 174 Drugs)

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Essential hypertension has been reported as an adverse event with 174 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,775 total reports. 204 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Essential hypertension are OMEPRAZOLE, ALENDRONATE, and LANSOPRAZOLE.

1,775
Total Reports
174
Drugs Involved
204
Deaths
730
Hospitalizations
63.5 yrs
Average Patient Age
59.8% / 40.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Essential hypertension Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
OMEPRAZOLE 117 0.1% 22 10 1
ALENDRONATE 116 0.4% 5 112 1
LANSOPRAZOLE 104 0.2% 22 10 0
ESOMEPRAZOLE 100 0.1% 17 11 0
ADALIMUMAB 74 0.0% 3 36 2
PANTOPRAZOLE 71 0.1% 19 9 0
SODIUM OXYBATE 59 0.1% 0 8 0
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN 52 0.1% 7 35 1
ETANERCEPT 49 0.0% 2 6 1
DENOSUMAB 47 0.0% 6 13 0
FINASTERIDE 42 0.3% 0 16 0
SITAGLIPTIN 40 0.2% 27 33 9
ASPIRIN 39 0.0% 0 27 0
METOPROLOL 33 0.1% 0 22 2
ATORVASTATIN 32 0.0% 0 21 1
FOSAMAX 32 3.3% 2 29 0
OXYCODONE 32 0.0% 9 18 1
PREDNISONE 31 0.0% 0 5 0
TAFAMIDIS 31 0.3% 5 1 0
METHOTREXATE 30 0.0% 0 5 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Essential hypertension

117 reports
116 reports
104 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)