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Hepatic failure: Which Medications Cause It? (18,777 Reports Across 850 Drugs)

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Hepatic failure has been reported as an adverse event with 850 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 18,777 total reports. 9,179 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Hepatic failure are ACETAMINOPHEN, RIBAVIRIN, and CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE.

18,777
Total Reports
850
Drugs Involved
9,179
Deaths
9,723
Hospitalizations
54.3 yrs
Average Patient Age
51.0% / 49.0%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Hepatic failure Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ACETAMINOPHEN 1,392 1.0% 554 825 301
RIBAVIRIN 888 2.1% 302 511 60
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 629 0.5% 437 227 81
METHOTREXATE 598 0.2% 303 327 130
BEVACIZUMAB 558 0.7% 344 181 48
SOFOSBUVIR 525 3.0% 178 329 22
RITUXIMAB 513 0.3% 380 147 74
VINCRISTINE 468 0.7% 344 168 57
DOXORUBICIN 462 0.6% 334 143 62
PREDNISOLONE 425 0.5% 330 184 81
NIVOLUMAB 382 0.4% 252 229 65
TACROLIMUS 372 0.4% 268 218 96
ATEZOLIZUMAB 371 1.1% 221 136 21
PREDNISONE 360 0.2% 237 204 74
PACLITAXEL 348 0.5% 198 168 63
RIFAXIMIN 321 2.3% 243 146 5
ATORVASTATIN 286 0.4% 106 180 74
IBUPROFEN 281 0.3% 91 207 75
METFORMIN 281 0.3% 142 184 67
PEMBROLIZUMAB 277 0.3% 148 167 50

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Hepatic failure

1,392 reports
888 reports
629 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)