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Hyperkalaemia: Which Medications Cause It? (23,516 Reports Across 990 Drugs)

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Hyperkalaemia has been reported as an adverse event with 990 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 23,516 total reports. 2,997 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Hyperkalaemia are METFORMIN, SPIRONOLACTONE, and FUROSEMIDE.

23,516
Total Reports
990
Drugs Involved
2,997
Deaths
14,975
Hospitalizations
65.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
41.5% / 58.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Hyperkalaemia Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
METFORMIN 2,565 2.8% 300 1,808 1,096
SPIRONOLACTONE 2,518 12.0% 154 1,871 490
FUROSEMIDE 2,035 3.9% 174 1,438 419
RAMIPRIL 1,383 4.2% 75 1,018 282
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN 1,192 1.1% 86 525 136
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM 1,036 2.7% 103 689 161
LISINOPRIL 948 2.6% 39 697 151
POTASSIUM 944 7.9% 124 611 327
BISOPROLOL 850 3.1% 92 531 252
TACROLIMUS 713 0.8% 85 422 107
LOSARTAN 557 2.5% 15 330 137
AMLODIPINE 527 0.8% 86 282 132
METOPROLOL 494 1.2% 31 336 78
ATORVASTATIN 491 0.6% 55 261 140
VALSARTAN 465 2.1% 8 320 114
IRBESARTAN 454 4.5% 24 295 106
ENALAPRIL 448 5.8% 35 317 123
PANTOPRAZOLE 446 0.6% 100 206 84
ASPIRIN 418 0.5% 41 286 114
PREDNISONE 412 0.3% 98 280 99

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Hyperkalaemia

2,565 reports
2,518 reports
2,035 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)