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Gynaecomastia: Which Medications Cause It? (28,724 Reports Across 313 Drugs)

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Gynaecomastia has been reported as an adverse event with 313 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 28,724 total reports. 122 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Gynaecomastia are RISPERIDONE, PALIPERIDONE, and QUETIAPINE.

28,724
Total Reports
313
Drugs Involved
122
Deaths
971
Hospitalizations
27.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
0.3% / 99.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Gynaecomastia Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RISPERIDONE 24,453 30.8% 47 371 13
PALIPERIDONE 4,155 10.2% 5 66 4
QUETIAPINE 535 0.7% 2 51 6
FINASTERIDE 428 2.8% 9 78 26
ARIPIPRAZOLE 393 0.6% 3 39 2
OLANZAPINE 389 0.8% 10 55 6
LEUPROLIDE 363 0.5% 7 49 0
SPIRONOLACTONE 307 1.5% 11 46 5
DIVALPROEX 226 2.0% 0 14 0
METHYLPHENIDATE 201 0.7% 0 13 2
ENZALUTAMIDE 175 0.4% 5 13 1
ATORVASTATIN 169 0.2% 1 28 1
RELUGOLIX 117 0.6% 0 6 0
HALOPERIDOL 115 0.7% 0 13 0
SERTRALINE 115 0.2% 0 10 0
TESTOSTERONE 107 0.4% 1 11 1
RAMIPRIL 83 0.3% 0 1 0
SIMVASTATIN 78 0.3% 5 11 2
ZIPRASIDONE\ZIPRASIDONE 78 4.5% 0 9 0
AMPHETAMINE ASPARTATE\AMPHETAMINE\DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SACCHARATE\DEXTROAMPHETAMINE 77 0.5% 0 3 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Gynaecomastia

24,453 reports
4,155 reports
535 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)