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Maternal exposure before pregnancy: Which Medications Cause It? (5,822 Reports Across 239 Drugs)

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Maternal exposure before pregnancy has been reported as an adverse event with 239 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 5,822 total reports. 93 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Maternal exposure before pregnancy are CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL, LEVONORGESTREL, and OCRELIZUMAB.

5,822
Total Reports
239
Drugs Involved
93
Deaths
937
Hospitalizations
30.8 yrs
Average Patient Age
95.6% / 4.4%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Maternal exposure before pregnancy Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 1,680 1.7% 22 272 11
LEVONORGESTREL 557 0.5% 0 32 8
OCRELIZUMAB 434 0.8% 2 72 5
METHOTREXATE 267 0.1% 9 19 8
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\ETONOGESTREL 257 2.2% 0 184 4
LEVETIRACETAM 256 0.4% 11 47 3
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 221 0.2% 30 3 1
FINGOLIMOD 180 0.3% 2 9 0
LACOSAMIDE 154 0.7% 3 20 2
RITUXIMAB 133 0.1% 7 19 7
ISOTRETINOIN 112 0.3% 0 0 0
VINCRISTINE 101 0.1% 1 2 1
ETOPOSIDE 100 0.2% 1 0 0
DACTINOMYCIN 99 3.5% 1 0 0
OMALIZUMAB 98 0.2% 0 20 8
PREDNISONE 97 0.1% 6 23 6
ETONOGESTREL 96 0.2% 1 4 0
INFLIXIMAB 96 0.1% 7 22 8
FOLIC ACID 83 0.4% 6 25 6
CLADRIBINE 74 1.0% 0 7 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Maternal exposure before pregnancy

1,680 reports
557 reports
434 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)