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Low birth weight baby: Which Medications Cause It? (6,925 Reports Across 526 Drugs)

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Low birth weight baby has been reported as an adverse event with 526 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 6,925 total reports. 461 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Low birth weight baby are ASPIRIN, TACROLIMUS, and BETAMETHASONE.

6,925
Total Reports
526
Drugs Involved
461
Deaths
1,811
Hospitalizations
11.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
53.0% / 47.0%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Low birth weight baby Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ASPIRIN 742 0.8% 77 138 19
TACROLIMUS 485 0.5% 65 136 11
BETAMETHASONE 484 6.2% 25 129 30
PREDNISOLONE 480 0.6% 58 92 11
METHYLDOPA 350 13.4% 14 75 9
NIFEDIPINE 346 4.2% 12 98 17
PREDNISONE 338 0.2% 26 70 7
LEVETIRACETAM 324 0.5% 14 60 0
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 311 0.5% 66 56 11
DEXAMETHASONE 296 0.2% 20 95 17
ENOXAPARIN 291 1.2% 56 88 21
FUROSEMIDE 274 0.5% 15 53 11
MAGNESIUM 263 2.7% 19 78 17
AZATHIOPRINE 259 0.8% 18 49 2
LABETALOL\LABETALOL 253 10.7% 7 61 14
FOLIC ACID 252 1.1% 12 67 3
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 248 0.3% 1 48 1
RITONAVIR 237 2.0% 7 7 2
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 232 0.4% 8 60 4
HEPARIN 226 1.2% 29 45 19

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Low birth weight baby

742 reports
485 reports
484 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)