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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Which Medications Cause It? (3,206 Reports Across 95 Drugs)

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis has been reported as an adverse event with 95 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 3,206 total reports. 1,422 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are NINTEDANIB, PIRFENIDONE, and TAMSULOSIN.

3,206
Total Reports
95
Drugs Involved
1,422
Deaths
1,392
Hospitalizations
71.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
27.2% / 72.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
NINTEDANIB 1,905 7.3% 960 909 96
PIRFENIDONE 413 1.1% 198 150 6
TAMSULOSIN 103 0.7% 32 11 0
TREPROSTINIL 84 0.1% 28 39 4
SIMVASTATIN 79 0.3% 0 41 0
METFORMIN 39 0.0% 8 12 2
MACITENTAN 34 0.1% 25 18 2
METHOTREXATE 33 0.0% 16 14 6
ADALIMUMAB 32 0.0% 7 16 0
AMBRISENTAN 31 0.0% 9 14 0
CARBOPLATIN 28 0.0% 10 19 0
PEMETREXED 25 0.1% 5 18 0
RITUXIMAB 23 0.0% 8 14 0
PREDNISONE 21 0.0% 8 10 0
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 20 0.0% 17 8 1
PREDNISOLONE 19 0.0% 10 14 4
AMIODARONE 18 0.1% 1 8 2
APIXABAN 18 0.0% 5 9 2
CYCLOSPORINE 17 0.0% 12 0 5
SELEXIPAG 17 0.1% 12 3 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

1,905 reports
413 reports
103 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)