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Ketoacidosis: Which Medications Cause It? (5,279 Reports Across 151 Drugs)

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Ketoacidosis has been reported as an adverse event with 151 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 5,279 total reports. 324 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Ketoacidosis are EMPAGLIFLOZIN, DAPAGLIFLOZIN, and METFORMIN.

5,279
Total Reports
151
Drugs Involved
324
Deaths
3,335
Hospitalizations
53.8 yrs
Average Patient Age
54.2% / 45.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Ketoacidosis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
EMPAGLIFLOZIN 1,411 3.8% 57 969 416
DAPAGLIFLOZIN 803 3.8% 30 471 168
METFORMIN 658 0.7% 56 435 208
CANAGLIFLOZIN 641 2.6% 11 272 71
INSULIN GLARGINE 231 0.2% 3 184 10
INSULIN LISPRO 229 0.3% 1 155 12
EMPAGLIFLOZIN\METFORMIN 139 5.6% 2 105 31
INSULIN ASPART 123 0.6% 0 86 8
DULAGLUTIDE 101 0.1% 2 75 13
SEMAGLUTIDE 98 0.2% 0 70 17
DAPAGLIFLOZIN PROPANEDIOL\METFORMIN 96 4.3% 2 61 31
DAPAGLIFLOZIN PROPANEDIOL 95 0.6% 5 58 16
INSULIN HUMAN 90 0.3% 1 66 4
PEMBROLIZUMAB 88 0.1% 9 63 13
TIRZEPATIDE 80 0.1% 3 60 11
SITAGLIPTIN 79 0.4% 6 46 39
NIVOLUMAB 68 0.1% 4 50 24
OLANZAPINE 55 0.1% 16 21 19
ALPELISIB 45 0.5% 6 27 4
ARIPIPRAZOLE 43 0.1% 9 26 11

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Ketoacidosis

1,411 reports
803 reports
658 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)