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Fluid retention: Which Medications Cause It? (39,316 Reports Across 919 Drugs)

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Fluid retention has been reported as an adverse event with 919 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 39,316 total reports. 3,416 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Fluid retention are AMBRISENTAN, TREPROSTINIL, and MACITENTAN.

39,316
Total Reports
919
Drugs Involved
3,416
Deaths
18,985
Hospitalizations
61.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
63.5% / 36.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Fluid retention Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
AMBRISENTAN 3,927 4.6% 212 2,212 40
TREPROSTINIL 3,804 4.1% 327 2,719 72
MACITENTAN 2,861 6.3% 575 2,150 50
CALCIUM\DEXTROSE\MAGNESIUM\SODIUM\SODIUM 2,233 2.4% 41 664 3
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN 2,187 2.0% 102 847 46
ADALIMUMAB 1,193 0.2% 316 602 181
SELEXIPAG 1,044 5.7% 204 852 23
FUROSEMIDE 1,020 2.0% 137 345 32
LENALIDOMIDE 1,007 0.3% 17 411 9
EPOPROSTENOL 929 7.0% 280 877 22
RIOCIGUAT 916 5.0% 144 669 14
TOCILIZUMAB 887 0.9% 287 313 159
RITUXIMAB 862 0.5% 325 334 176
PREDNISONE 827 0.5% 179 391 170
TADALAFIL 775 2.5% 58 527 20
ABATACEPT 733 0.6% 251 214 158
ACETAMINOPHEN 684 0.5% 249 191 141
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 673 1.1% 270 211 166
ALBUTEROL 671 0.7% 124 58 12
ETANERCEPT 666 0.2% 224 223 126

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Fluid retention

3,927 reports
3,804 reports
2,861 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)