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Hypoglycaemic encephalopathy: Which Medications Cause It? (254 Reports Across 21 Drugs)

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Hypoglycaemic encephalopathy has been reported as an adverse event with 21 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 254 total reports. 42 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Hypoglycaemic encephalopathy are METFORMIN, GLIMEPIRIDE, and INSULIN GLARGINE.

254
Total Reports
21
Drugs Involved
42
Deaths
199
Hospitalizations
65.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
53.1% / 46.9%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Hypoglycaemic encephalopathy Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
METFORMIN 59 0.1% 10 46 22
GLIMEPIRIDE 49 0.9% 6 44 12
INSULIN GLARGINE 33 0.0% 3 27 10
INSULIN DEGLUDEC 24 0.2% 3 22 6
INSULIN ASPART 23 0.1% 3 21 7
SITAGLIPTIN 19 0.1% 7 19 3
INSULIN HUMAN 15 0.1% 2 15 2
GLYBURIDE 13 0.6% 7 9 1
INSULIN ASPART\INSULIN DEGLUDEC 12 1.9% 0 11 1
REPAGLINIDE 12 0.5% 0 5 10
INSULIN LISPRO 9 0.0% 2 9 4
DAPAGLIFLOZIN 8 0.0% 0 5 0
INSULIN GLULISINE 8 0.2% 4 4 4
MIGLITOL 7 3.2% 0 7 2
ALLOPURINOL 6 0.0% 0 0 6
BISOPROLOL 6 0.0% 0 0 6
LINAGLIPTIN 6 0.1% 1 6 1
URAPIDIL 6 0.4% 0 0 6
PROPRANOLOL 5 0.0% 0 3 0
VILDAGLIPTIN 5 0.2% 0 3 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Hypoglycaemic encephalopathy

59 reports
49 reports
33 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)