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Hepatocellular injury: Which Medications Cause It? (11,879 Reports Across 745 Drugs)

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Hepatocellular injury has been reported as an adverse event with 745 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 11,879 total reports. 592 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Hepatocellular injury are ACETAMINOPHEN, METHOTREXATE, and ATORVASTATIN.

11,879
Total Reports
745
Drugs Involved
592
Deaths
6,811
Hospitalizations
53.3 yrs
Average Patient Age
55.2% / 44.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Hepatocellular injury Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ACETAMINOPHEN 1,761 1.3% 67 1,172 209
METHOTREXATE 683 0.3% 13 265 28
ATORVASTATIN 610 0.8% 37 415 56
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM 415 1.1% 28 303 38
ENOXAPARIN 365 1.5% 8 175 13
TRAMADOL 349 0.5% 8 221 27
AMOXICILLIN 347 1.2% 29 203 44
ESOMEPRAZOLE 341 0.5% 18 262 11
PANTOPRAZOLE 340 0.4% 10 229 29
VINCRISTINE 306 0.4% 6 116 2
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 300 0.5% 15 164 5
PIPERACILLIN\TAZOBACTAM 299 1.6% 14 197 19
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANATE 278 1.8% 10 184 11
LEVETIRACETAM 278 0.4% 10 186 16
LANSOPRAZOLE 277 0.5% 22 169 26
CEFTRIAXONE 271 1.4% 34 171 18
DEXAMETHASONE 251 0.2% 29 98 5
RITUXIMAB 247 0.1% 9 133 7
PREGABALIN 237 0.2% 9 143 19
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 232 0.2% 22 138 3

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Hepatocellular injury

1,761 reports
683 reports
610 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)