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Malaria: Which Medications Cause It? (351 Reports Across 35 Drugs)

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Malaria has been reported as an adverse event with 35 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 351 total reports. 35 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Malaria are ATOVAQUONE\PROGUANIL, IMATINIB, and LOPINAVIR\RITONAVIR.

351
Total Reports
35
Drugs Involved
35
Deaths
160
Hospitalizations
41.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
48.2% / 51.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Malaria Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ATOVAQUONE\PROGUANIL 40 5.6% 0 10 2
IMATINIB 27 0.1% 9 14 0
LOPINAVIR\RITONAVIR 20 0.2% 0 20 3
ARTEMETHER\LUMEFANTRINE 15 5.2% 1 4 0
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN 14 0.0% 0 3 0
LAMIVUDINE\ZIDOVUDINE 12 0.5% 1 7 4
ABACAVIR\LAMIVUDINE 11 0.2% 0 11 1
DOLUTEGRAVIR 11 0.1% 0 3 0
IVERMECTIN 11 0.4% 0 11 0
RITONAVIR 11 0.1% 0 5 4
DOXYCYCLINE 9 0.1% 1 8 0
EMTRICITABINE\TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL 9 0.0% 1 8 1
LAMIVUDINE 8 0.1% 4 0 0
LENALIDOMIDE 8 0.0% 0 2 0
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 8 0.0% 1 5 0
TACROLIMUS 8 0.0% 1 5 0
CYCLOSPORINE 7 0.0% 1 4 0
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 7 0.0% 1 4 0
PREDNISOLONE 7 0.0% 1 4 0
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM 7 0.0% 2 1 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Malaria

27 reports
20 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)