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Hypertensive crisis: Which Medications Cause It? (7,975 Reports Across 472 Drugs)

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Hypertensive crisis has been reported as an adverse event with 472 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 7,975 total reports. 394 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Hypertensive crisis are AMLODIPINE, RAMIPRIL, and METHOTREXATE.

7,975
Total Reports
472
Drugs Involved
394
Deaths
3,469
Hospitalizations
62.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
63.3% / 36.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Hypertensive crisis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
AMLODIPINE 456 0.7% 6 120 30
RAMIPRIL 326 1.0% 2 62 9
METHOTREXATE 279 0.1% 20 149 2
BEVACIZUMAB 213 0.3% 27 102 22
OXALIPLATIN 200 0.4% 3 57 23
VALSARTAN 199 0.9% 3 78 20
BISOPROLOL 190 0.7% 1 62 1
RITUXIMAB 185 0.1% 17 81 4
ADALIMUMAB 182 0.0% 4 71 5
CLONIDINE 172 1.4% 4 74 20
PACLITAXEL 159 0.2% 11 71 23
METOPROLOL 148 0.4% 4 71 16
ATENOLOL 128 1.0% 4 28 11
LOSARTAN 124 0.6% 1 23 3
FUROSEMIDE 118 0.2% 9 45 9
FLUOROURACIL 112 0.2% 3 33 1
DEXAMETHASONE 111 0.1% 4 73 11
OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL 110 0.9% 0 27 6
CARBOPLATIN 105 0.1% 10 65 16
DOXAZOSIN 105 2.2% 4 31 8

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Hypertensive crisis

456 reports
326 reports
279 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)