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Fluid overload: Which Medications Cause It? (11,271 Reports Across 292 Drugs)

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Fluid overload has been reported as an adverse event with 292 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 11,271 total reports. 1,456 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Fluid overload are CALCIUM\DEXTROSE\MAGNESIUM\SODIUM\SODIUM, TREPROSTINIL, and DIANEAL LOW.

11,271
Total Reports
292
Drugs Involved
1,456
Deaths
7,334
Hospitalizations
58.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
57.1% / 42.9%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Fluid overload Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
CALCIUM\DEXTROSE\MAGNESIUM\SODIUM\SODIUM 3,883 4.1% 117 1,495 13
TREPROSTINIL 1,239 1.4% 173 1,190 43
DIANEAL LOW 831 7.4% 20 264 0
MACITENTAN 809 1.8% 288 774 42
AMBRISENTAN 764 0.9% 97 687 20
EPOPROSTENOL 496 3.7% 193 492 26
CALCIUM\ICODEXTRIN\MAGNESIUM\SODIUM\SODIUM 493 2.5% 28 225 2
SELEXIPAG 294 1.6% 85 283 8
RIOCIGUAT 198 1.1% 49 187 4
BOSENTAN 168 0.9% 59 157 13
ECULIZUMAB 140 0.3% 23 110 8
FUROSEMIDE 127 0.2% 21 99 17
TADALAFIL 123 0.4% 27 112 8
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN 121 0.1% 7 89 4
LENALIDOMIDE 118 0.0% 7 85 1
PREDNISONE 118 0.1% 22 103 21
DEXAMETHASONE 115 0.1% 23 87 19
SILDENAFIL 113 0.3% 28 94 7
EXTRANEAL 105 5.3% 5 47 0
TACROLIMUS 101 0.1% 13 81 12

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Fluid overload

1,239 reports
831 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)