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Fracture nonunion: Which Medications Cause It? (702 Reports Across 25 Drugs)

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Fracture nonunion has been reported as an adverse event with 25 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 702 total reports. 14 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Fracture nonunion are ALENDRONATE, FOSAMAX, and ALENDRONATE\CHOLECALCIFEROL.

702
Total Reports
25
Drugs Involved
14
Deaths
535
Hospitalizations
59.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
87.9% / 12.1%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Fracture nonunion Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ALENDRONATE 410 1.5% 9 378 1
FOSAMAX 92 9.6% 2 90 1
ALENDRONATE\CHOLECALCIFEROL 69 2.7% 2 68 0
IBANDRONATE 67 0.7% 0 64 0
RISEDRONATE 46 0.7% 0 31 0
ADALIMUMAB 42 0.0% 0 25 0
DENOSUMAB 38 0.0% 0 14 0
ZOLEDRONIC ACID 36 0.1% 0 19 0
FOSAMAX PLUS D 23 16.4% 1 23 0
METHOTREXATE 20 0.0% 0 14 0
TERIPARATIDE 15 0.0% 0 9 0
ACTONEL 14 9.2% 0 13 0
ETANERCEPT 13 0.0% 1 4 1
ALENDRONIC ACID 12 0.2% 0 6 0
IBANDRONIC ACID 10 0.3% 0 0 0
ABALOPARATIDE 9 0.0% 0 1 0
BONIVA 9 6.9% 0 9 0
RALOXIFENE 8 0.2% 0 1 0
ETIDRONATE 7 7.4% 0 1 0
PREDNISOLONE 7 0.0% 0 2 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Fracture nonunion

410 reports
92 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)