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Hypercholesterolaemia: Which Medications Cause It? (5,923 Reports Across 669 Drugs)

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Hypercholesterolaemia has been reported as an adverse event with 669 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 5,923 total reports. 1,853 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Hypercholesterolaemia are ALENDRONATE, METHOTREXATE, and TOCILIZUMAB.

5,923
Total Reports
669
Drugs Involved
1,853
Deaths
3,119
Hospitalizations
53.3 yrs
Average Patient Age
69.8% / 30.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Hypercholesterolaemia Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ALENDRONATE 1,607 5.8% 1,226 1,271 958
METHOTREXATE 1,547 0.6% 1,210 990 965
TOCILIZUMAB 1,483 1.5% 1,213 924 903
ADALIMUMAB 1,479 0.3% 1,227 961 980
ABATACEPT 1,410 1.2% 1,133 935 998
RITUXIMAB 1,389 0.8% 1,167 999 970
PREDNISONE 1,377 0.9% 1,148 1,031 972
INFLIXIMAB 1,338 1.0% 1,145 846 901
DICLOFENAC 1,331 1.5% 1,292 990 1,016
LEFLUNOMIDE 1,322 2.3% 1,133 940 990
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 1,321 1.3% 1,174 859 908
GOLIMUMAB 1,271 1.8% 1,114 820 884
SULFASALAZINE 1,235 3.1% 1,120 830 889
FOLIC ACID 1,206 5.3% 1,189 864 924
ETANERCEPT 1,205 0.3% 945 741 772
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 1,204 1.8% 1,141 842 900
CETIRIZINE 1,190 2.5% 1,186 859 921
DESOXIMETASONE 1,154 9.9% 1,148 820 901
SECUKINUMAB 1,148 0.8% 1,097 900 956
ETANERCEPT-SZZS 1,106 9.3% 1,088 809 865

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Hypercholesterolaemia

1,607 reports
1,547 reports
1,483 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)