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Hepatorenal syndrome: Which Medications Cause It? (1,075 Reports Across 152 Drugs)

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Hepatorenal syndrome has been reported as an adverse event with 152 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,075 total reports. 652 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Hepatorenal syndrome are RIBAVIRIN, SOFOSBUVIR, and SPIRONOLACTONE.

1,075
Total Reports
152
Drugs Involved
652
Deaths
702
Hospitalizations
58.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
36.8% / 63.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Hepatorenal syndrome Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RIBAVIRIN 83 0.2% 39 61 19
SOFOSBUVIR 65 0.4% 35 50 10
SPIRONOLACTONE 53 0.3% 14 42 18
ACETAMINOPHEN 45 0.0% 22 36 5
BUDESONIDE 41 0.2% 23 23 22
PREDNISOLONE 39 0.1% 10 12 6
TACROLIMUS 38 0.0% 8 13 6
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 37 0.0% 21 21 4
PREDNISONE 36 0.0% 25 26 10
DEXAMETHASONE 33 0.0% 23 19 3
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 31 0.0% 5 9 4
LANSOPRAZOLE 30 0.1% 24 23 20
OMBITASVIR\PARITAPREVIR\RITONAVIR 30 0.7% 16 24 8
DASABUVIR 29 0.7% 14 24 7
RITUXIMAB 29 0.0% 18 11 4
DOXORUBICIN 28 0.0% 13 20 0
CYCLOSPORINE 27 0.0% 5 7 5
METHOTREXATE 27 0.0% 21 22 13
ATORVASTATIN 26 0.0% 24 24 21
DACLATASVIR 26 0.5% 19 18 5

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Hepatorenal syndrome

83 reports
65 reports
53 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)