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Lung opacity: Which Medications Cause It? (2,235 Reports Across 413 Drugs)

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Lung opacity has been reported as an adverse event with 413 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 2,235 total reports. 325 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Lung opacity are ALBUTEROL, PREDNISONE, and TIOTROPIUM.

2,235
Total Reports
413
Drugs Involved
325
Deaths
1,391
Hospitalizations
62.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
53.6% / 46.4%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Lung opacity Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ALBUTEROL 296 0.3% 49 235 59
PREDNISONE 216 0.1% 10 139 29
TIOTROPIUM 196 0.4% 1 157 2
LANSOPRAZOLE 166 0.3% 40 151 53
IPRATROPIUM 157 2.1% 43 155 41
ACETAMINOPHEN 153 0.1% 38 141 38
MEPOLIZUMAB 149 0.4% 1 120 13
PANTOPRAZOLE 140 0.2% 0 138 1
BUDESONIDE\FORMOTEROL 139 0.4% 4 116 16
MONTELUKAST 137 0.5% 0 129 1
BUDESONIDE 135 0.5% 17 134 27
DEXLANSOPRAZOLE 134 0.6% 21 134 34
MOMETASONE FUROATE 124 1.1% 0 118 1
NITROGLYCERIN 119 1.6% 18 119 18
EFINACONAZOLE 114 8.9% 16 114 16
OMALIZUMAB 113 0.2% 1 112 13
RANITIDINE 110 0.0% 0 109 1
LEVOTHYROXINE 107 0.2% 0 105 1
CANDESARTAN 103 1.1% 1 102 2
AZITHROMYCIN 102 0.6% 1 80 3

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Lung opacity

296 reports
216 reports
196 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)