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Hair colour changes: Which Medications Cause It? (11,330 Reports Across 166 Drugs)

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Hair colour changes has been reported as an adverse event with 166 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 11,330 total reports. 137 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Hair colour changes are DOCETAXEL, MINOXIDIL, and PAZOPANIB.

11,330
Total Reports
166
Drugs Involved
137
Deaths
506
Hospitalizations
55.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
81.6% / 18.4%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Hair colour changes Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
DOCETAXEL 6,078 9.4% 30 36 0
MINOXIDIL 1,243 2.0% 0 0 0
PAZOPANIB 679 3.2% 41 83 10
CABOZANTINIB S-MALATE 595 1.5% 13 42 1
DOCETAXEL ANHYDROUS 404 37.3% 2 4 0
AVAPRITINIB 338 3.3% 1 16 0
SUNITINIB MALATE 337 1.6% 20 86 4
PEXIDARTINIB 327 33.7% 1 27 0
KETOCONAZOLE 97 1.7% 0 1 0
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 91 0.1% 7 13 5
TRASTUZUMAB 85 0.2% 0 9 0
NIVOLUMAB 83 0.1% 6 24 2
CARBOPLATIN 79 0.1% 0 8 1
SELENIUM SULFIDE 60 11.0% 0 0 0
PERTUZUMAB 41 0.2% 0 7 0
DOXORUBICIN 37 0.0% 8 9 5
DUPILUMAB 36 0.0% 0 0 0
TERIPARATIDE 36 0.1% 0 0 0
PALBOCICLIB 31 0.0% 0 3 0
ADALIMUMAB 30 0.0% 3 10 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Hair colour changes

6,078 reports
1,243 reports
679 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)