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Facial spasm: Which Medications Cause It? (764 Reports Across 61 Drugs)

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Facial spasm has been reported as an adverse event with 61 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 764 total reports. 11 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Facial spasm are ONABOTULINUMTOXINA, RISPERIDONE, and ARIPIPRAZOLE.

764
Total Reports
61
Drugs Involved
11
Deaths
186
Hospitalizations
45.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
68.4% / 31.6%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Facial spasm Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ONABOTULINUMTOXINA 58 0.1% 0 6 1
RISPERIDONE 30 0.0% 0 15 5
ARIPIPRAZOLE 28 0.0% 0 1 0
DIMETHYL 24 0.0% 0 7 0
FINGOLIMOD 21 0.0% 0 5 0
DULOXETINE 20 0.0% 0 11 4
ADALIMUMAB 19 0.0% 0 8 2
GABAPENTIN 19 0.0% 0 14 0
QUETIAPINE 17 0.0% 0 7 3
CARBAMAZEPINE 13 0.1% 0 5 0
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE 13 0.1% 0 3 0
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA 12 0.0% 0 7 1
IBUPROFEN 12 0.0% 0 9 0
LEVETIRACETAM 12 0.0% 0 1 0
OLANZAPINE 12 0.0% 0 5 0
DIAZEPAM 11 0.0% 0 11 4
LURASIDONE 11 0.1% 0 0 2
NATALIZUMAB 11 0.0% 0 4 0
PREGABALIN 11 0.0% 0 5 0
DONEPEZIL 9 0.1% 0 1 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Facial spasm

58 reports
30 reports
28 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)