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Hepatocellular carcinoma: Which Medications Cause It? (6,717 Reports Across 178 Drugs)

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Hepatocellular carcinoma has been reported as an adverse event with 178 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 6,717 total reports. 1,825 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Hepatocellular carcinoma are SORAFENIB, RIBAVIRIN, and SOFOSBUVIR.

6,717
Total Reports
178
Drugs Involved
1,825
Deaths
1,662
Hospitalizations
63.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
24.2% / 75.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Hepatocellular carcinoma Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
SORAFENIB 1,665 15.3% 492 306 40
RIBAVIRIN 1,046 2.4% 151 263 78
SOFOSBUVIR 877 5.1% 119 198 65
LEDIPASVIR\SOFOSBUVIR 640 2.7% 76 136 26
BEVACIZUMAB 532 0.7% 285 72 19
REGORAFENIB 470 5.0% 99 67 3
DACLATASVIR 419 7.5% 71 126 39
ATEZOLIZUMAB 342 1.0% 191 67 11
CABOZANTINIB S-MALATE 219 0.6% 72 27 2
TACROLIMUS 183 0.2% 86 38 7
SOFOSBUVIR\VELPATASVIR 161 0.9% 24 35 13
OMBITASVIR\PARITAPREVIR\RITONAVIR 154 3.4% 28 55 11
DASABUVIR 147 3.7% 32 41 10
SIMEPREVIR 145 2.4% 28 43 5
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 117 0.2% 57 13 0
LAMIVUDINE 96 0.6% 34 23 3
TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL 96 0.4% 35 22 5
PEGINTERFERON ALFA-2A 95 0.4% 16 25 2
ENTECAVIR 94 2.1% 41 40 4
PEGINTERFERON ALFA-2B 93 2.2% 15 33 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Hepatocellular carcinoma

1,665 reports
1,046 reports
877 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)