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Medical device removal: Which Medications Cause It? (1,184 Reports Across 42 Drugs)

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Medical device removal has been reported as an adverse event with 42 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,184 total reports. 27 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Medical device removal are ALENDRONATE, ETONOGESTREL, and FLUOCINOLONE ACETONIDE.

1,184
Total Reports
42
Drugs Involved
27
Deaths
568
Hospitalizations
48.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
78.5% / 21.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Medical device removal Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ALENDRONATE 242 0.9% 11 239 0
ETONOGESTREL 166 0.4% 0 2 0
FLUOCINOLONE ACETONIDE 90 5.1% 0 7 0
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA 85 0.2% 10 62 1
ADALIMUMAB 81 0.0% 0 30 0
FOSAMAX 73 7.6% 1 71 0
UPADACITINIB 52 0.1% 0 14 0
ALENDRONATE\CHOLECALCIFEROL 42 1.6% 3 40 0
IBANDRONATE 26 0.3% 3 26 0
IMPLANON 24 3.6% 0 0 0
ETANERCEPT 23 0.0% 0 11 0
RISANKIZUMAB-RZAA 20 0.0% 0 6 0
DENOSUMAB 17 0.0% 0 3 0
FOSAMAX PLUS D 16 11.4% 0 16 0
RISEDRONATE 16 0.2% 0 16 0
ELOSULFASE ALFA 14 0.3% 0 4 0
BUROSUMAB-TWZA 12 0.2% 0 2 0
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 12 0.0% 0 7 1
LEVONORGESTREL 11 0.0% 0 0 0
SODIUM OXYBATE 11 0.0% 0 2 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Medical device removal

242 reports
166 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)