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Lactic acidosis: Which Medications Cause It? (23,801 Reports Across 728 Drugs)

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Lactic acidosis has been reported as an adverse event with 728 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 23,801 total reports. 4,854 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Lactic acidosis are METFORMIN, AMLODIPINE, and LINEZOLID.

23,801
Total Reports
728
Drugs Involved
4,854
Deaths
17,290
Hospitalizations
60.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
52.1% / 47.9%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Lactic acidosis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
METFORMIN 16,316 17.9% 2,912 11,967 6,100
AMLODIPINE 886 1.4% 180 707 454
LINEZOLID 824 4.6% 146 419 210
FUROSEMIDE 698 1.4% 188 338 294
ACETAMINOPHEN 561 0.4% 155 371 244
METFORMIN\SITAGLIPTIN 557 6.3% 132 313 240
ALBUTEROL 467 0.5% 26 285 52
EMPAGLIFLOZIN 434 1.2% 61 309 143
RAMIPRIL 430 1.3% 98 223 199
BISOPROLOL 425 1.5% 172 145 223
IBUPROFEN 412 0.5% 40 319 176
GLICLAZIDE 373 6.5% 91 142 173
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE 352 1.7% 47 263 164
ATORVASTATIN 328 0.4% 110 155 133
DAPAGLIFLOZIN 321 1.5% 29 253 110
ASPIRIN DL-LYSINE 312 4.7% 113 30 171
VENLAFAXINE 298 0.6% 15 263 118
SITAGLIPTIN 289 1.5% 55 171 96
METFORMIN\VILDAGLIPTIN 279 9.7% 33 171 173
ASPIRIN 278 0.3% 78 199 99

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Lactic acidosis

16,316 reports
886 reports
824 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)