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Kidney transplant rejection: Which Medications Cause It? (2,795 Reports Across 94 Drugs)

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Kidney transplant rejection has been reported as an adverse event with 94 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 2,795 total reports. 296 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Kidney transplant rejection are TACROLIMUS, MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL, and PREDNISONE.

2,795
Total Reports
94
Drugs Involved
296
Deaths
1,267
Hospitalizations
44.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
39.5% / 60.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Kidney transplant rejection Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
TACROLIMUS 1,331 1.5% 130 571 44
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 824 1.1% 88 280 32
PREDNISONE 502 0.3% 87 160 17
BASILIXIMAB 456 6.7% 25 233 15
PREDNISOLONE 328 0.4% 24 107 11
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 323 0.5% 37 143 23
CYCLOSPORINE 319 0.5% 70 127 12
MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 285 1.7% 23 113 6
EVEROLIMUS 184 0.5% 23 98 9
MYCOPHENOLATE 169 2.2% 12 103 8
LAPINE T-LYMPHOCYTE IMMUNE GLOBULIN 135 1.5% 23 50 6
RITUXIMAB 134 0.1% 18 51 6
AZATHIOPRINE 114 0.3% 32 22 6
BELATACEPT 97 2.8% 10 45 10
TACROLIMUS\TACROLIMUS ANHYDROUS 89 1.3% 7 51 6
SIROLIMUS 85 0.8% 18 40 8
ECULIZUMAB 82 0.2% 4 35 3
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL\MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 77 0.9% 5 43 12
THYMOCYTE IMMUNE GLOBULIN NOS 70 1.3% 25 24 1
NIVOLUMAB 69 0.1% 21 13 2

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Kidney transplant rejection

1,331 reports
824 reports
502 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)