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Hypertensive emergency: Which Medications Cause It? (845 Reports Across 79 Drugs)

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Hypertensive emergency has been reported as an adverse event with 79 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 845 total reports. 45 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Hypertensive emergency are IBUPROFEN, METOPROLOL, and CLONIDINE.

845
Total Reports
79
Drugs Involved
45
Deaths
633
Hospitalizations
57.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
55.5% / 44.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Hypertensive emergency Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
IBUPROFEN 59 0.1% 0 54 7
METOPROLOL 36 0.1% 0 32 9
CLONIDINE 35 0.3% 0 24 0
TACROLIMUS 35 0.0% 0 28 12
PREDNISOLONE 24 0.0% 0 18 11
AMLODIPINE 21 0.0% 0 13 1
GABAPENTIN 21 0.0% 0 12 7
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 21 0.0% 0 16 10
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 21 0.0% 0 18 13
LAPINE T-LYMPHOCYTE IMMUNE GLOBULIN 19 0.2% 0 17 10
PREDNISONE 18 0.0% 0 10 3
ROSIGLITAZONE 18 0.0% 2 18 0
BISOPROLOL 16 0.1% 0 13 0
DULOXETINE 16 0.0% 0 15 4
RAMIPRIL 16 0.1% 0 16 10
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 15 0.0% 0 14 4
DEXTROAMPHETAMINE 14 0.7% 0 8 0
NEBIVOLOL 14 0.2% 0 14 0
ADALIMUMAB 13 0.0% 1 11 1
ARIPIPRAZOLE 13 0.0% 0 13 7

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Hypertensive emergency

59 reports
36 reports
35 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)