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Liver injury: Which Medications Cause It? (18,047 Reports Across 929 Drugs)

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Liver injury has been reported as an adverse event with 929 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 18,047 total reports. 3,111 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Liver injury are METHOTREXATE, ACETAMINOPHEN, and RITUXIMAB.

18,047
Total Reports
929
Drugs Involved
3,111
Deaths
7,818
Hospitalizations
51.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
63.2% / 36.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Liver injury Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
METHOTREXATE 3,601 1.4% 1,499 1,731 1,783
ACETAMINOPHEN 3,002 2.2% 1,473 1,992 1,635
RITUXIMAB 2,692 1.5% 1,473 1,614 1,716
TOCILIZUMAB 2,637 2.7% 1,436 1,488 1,623
ADALIMUMAB 2,635 0.5% 1,382 1,490 1,665
PREDNISONE 2,611 1.7% 1,417 1,552 1,690
LEFLUNOMIDE 2,574 4.6% 1,415 1,536 1,775
ABATACEPT 2,572 2.2% 1,285 1,426 1,713
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 2,528 3.8% 1,357 1,459 1,619
DICLOFENAC 2,487 2.9% 1,520 1,532 1,720
SECUKINUMAB 2,441 1.6% 1,350 1,455 1,701
CETIRIZINE 2,401 5.0% 1,374 1,402 1,647
ALENDRONATE 2,397 8.6% 1,404 1,428 1,698
SULFASALAZINE 2,383 5.9% 1,312 1,346 1,566
FOLIC ACID 2,380 10.4% 1,381 1,404 1,648
INFLIXIMAB 2,357 1.7% 1,287 1,326 1,539
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 2,343 2.4% 1,289 1,311 1,566
DESOXIMETASONE 2,327 20.0% 1,357 1,338 1,636
GOLIMUMAB 2,309 3.3% 1,278 1,307 1,534
PHTHALYLSULFATHIAZOLE 2,169 23.2% 1,254 1,253 1,468

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Liver injury

3,601 reports
3,002 reports
2,692 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)