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Gastrointestinal toxicity: Which Medications Cause It? (3,593 Reports Across 270 Drugs)

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Gastrointestinal toxicity has been reported as an adverse event with 270 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 3,593 total reports. 464 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Gastrointestinal toxicity are CAPECITABINE, FLUOROURACIL, and METHOTREXATE.

3,593
Total Reports
270
Drugs Involved
464
Deaths
1,058
Hospitalizations
56.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
60.7% / 39.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Gastrointestinal toxicity Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
CAPECITABINE 368 0.6% 48 121 13
FLUOROURACIL 358 0.7% 46 122 27
METHOTREXATE 345 0.1% 39 160 46
OXALIPLATIN 314 0.6% 53 106 16
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 266 0.2% 57 33 18
RITUXIMAB 262 0.2% 71 116 20
CISPLATIN 251 0.5% 39 35 15
DOXORUBICIN 242 0.3% 59 37 21
IRINOTECAN 232 0.8% 36 109 19
CARBOPLATIN 231 0.3% 41 71 13
BORTEZOMIB 208 0.4% 10 30 4
PACLITAXEL 206 0.3% 24 57 8
LEUCOVORIN 196 0.8% 32 64 16
BEVACIZUMAB 181 0.2% 32 62 14
DEXAMETHASONE 170 0.1% 29 34 9
VINCRISTINE 168 0.2% 46 23 14
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 166 0.3% 15 92 14
ADALIMUMAB 162 0.0% 16 111 16
ETANERCEPT 159 0.0% 17 96 16
SULFASALAZINE 157 0.4% 15 96 15

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Gastrointestinal toxicity

368 reports
358 reports
345 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)