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Hypophysitis: Which Medications Cause It? (1,790 Reports Across 78 Drugs)

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Hypophysitis has been reported as an adverse event with 78 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,790 total reports. 138 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Hypophysitis are IPILIMUMAB, NIVOLUMAB, and PEMBROLIZUMAB.

1,790
Total Reports
78
Drugs Involved
138
Deaths
972
Hospitalizations
61.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
43.2% / 56.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Hypophysitis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
IPILIMUMAB 981 2.7% 61 515 91
NIVOLUMAB 755 0.9% 58 485 85
PEMBROLIZUMAB 411 0.5% 32 233 50
CARBOPLATIN 144 0.2% 22 96 30
ATEZOLIZUMAB 125 0.4% 20 49 3
PACLITAXEL 110 0.1% 8 81 21
BEVACIZUMAB 61 0.1% 15 32 3
DURVALUMAB 60 0.4% 16 17 8
PEMETREXED 51 0.2% 15 36 10
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 38 0.0% 0 28 20
LENVATINIB 32 0.1% 3 21 1
EPIRUBICIN 30 0.2% 0 24 21
DABRAFENIB 27 0.1% 3 12 2
CISPLATIN 18 0.0% 3 9 2
TRAMETINIB 18 0.3% 1 5 0
TRASTUZUMAB 17 0.0% 1 6 0
VEMURAFENIB 17 0.2% 0 4 0
AVELUMAB 15 0.4% 4 3 0
TREMELIMUMAB 15 0.6% 6 6 0
ETOPOSIDE 14 0.0% 0 4 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Hypophysitis

981 reports
755 reports
411 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)