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Heavy menstrual bleeding: Which Medications Cause It? (6,243 Reports Across 227 Drugs)

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Heavy menstrual bleeding has been reported as an adverse event with 227 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 6,243 total reports. 23 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Heavy menstrual bleeding are ETONOGESTREL, LEVONORGESTREL, and COPPER.

6,243
Total Reports
227
Drugs Involved
23
Deaths
702
Hospitalizations
33.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
99.9% / 0.1%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Heavy menstrual bleeding Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ETONOGESTREL 911 2.1% 0 35 10
LEVONORGESTREL 863 0.8% 0 38 11
COPPER 811 2.1% 1 21 3
DROSPIRENONE 436 13.3% 0 3 2
ESTRADIOL\NORETHINDRONE\RELUGOLIX 243 14.9% 1 8 0
RIVAROXABAN 87 0.1% 0 37 4
DUPILUMAB 85 0.0% 0 5 0
NORGESTREL 85 20.9% 0 0 0
ADALIMUMAB 82 0.0% 3 20 1
TIRZEPATIDE 72 0.1% 0 1 1
ELAGOLIX\ESTRADIOL\NORETHINDRONE 67 10.1% 0 8 0
APIXABAN 66 0.0% 0 18 5
MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 65 0.8% 0 10 5
METHOTREXATE 65 0.0% 3 20 2
SERTRALINE 60 0.1% 0 7 5
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\LEVONORGESTREL 58 1.3% 0 11 1
OCRELIZUMAB 55 0.1% 0 15 0
SEMAGLUTIDE 54 0.1% 0 1 2
TREPROSTINIL 54 0.1% 3 24 0
ELAGOLIX 52 1.5% 0 5 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Heavy menstrual bleeding

911 reports
863 reports
811 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)