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Malignant pleural effusion: Which Medications Cause It? (1,167 Reports Across 100 Drugs)

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Malignant pleural effusion has been reported as an adverse event with 100 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,167 total reports. 469 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Malignant pleural effusion are PEMBROLIZUMAB, CARBOPLATIN, and BEVACIZUMAB.

1,167
Total Reports
100
Drugs Involved
469
Deaths
604
Hospitalizations
62.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
58.5% / 41.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Malignant pleural effusion Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
PEMBROLIZUMAB 97 0.1% 39 55 9
CARBOPLATIN 65 0.1% 17 31 8
BEVACIZUMAB 64 0.1% 33 24 5
LETROZOLE 63 0.2% 11 18 4
NIVOLUMAB 61 0.1% 26 43 5
FULVESTRANT 58 0.3% 7 22 8
PACLITAXEL 58 0.1% 22 29 7
PALBOCICLIB 55 0.1% 5 13 2
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 49 0.0% 16 15 2
OSIMERTINIB 46 0.2% 19 20 3
IBRUTINIB 42 0.1% 8 31 1
PEMETREXED 39 0.2% 12 16 4
DOXORUBICIN 38 0.1% 6 13 0
EVEROLIMUS 38 0.1% 16 20 8
TAMOXIFEN 36 0.4% 7 6 2
DOCETAXEL 35 0.1% 13 8 1
RITUXIMAB 32 0.0% 6 10 1
ANASTROZOLE 31 0.3% 0 4 0
LENALIDOMIDE 31 0.0% 6 15 2
RIBOCICLIB 31 0.1% 5 21 3

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Malignant pleural effusion

97 reports
65 reports
64 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)