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Medication error: Which Medications Cause It? (30,761 Reports Across 1,023 Drugs)

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Medication error has been reported as an adverse event with 1,023 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 30,761 total reports. 3,250 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Medication error are ACETAMINOPHEN, METHOTREXATE, and OXYCODONE.

30,761
Total Reports
1,023
Drugs Involved
3,250
Deaths
9,319
Hospitalizations
54.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
60.9% / 39.1%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Medication error Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ACETAMINOPHEN 1,809 1.3% 991 1,198 415
METHOTREXATE 1,269 0.5% 476 929 539
OXYCODONE 1,058 0.6% 477 638 423
ADALIMUMAB 954 0.2% 338 585 426
DICLOFENAC 915 1.1% 400 710 497
TOCILIZUMAB 907 0.9% 348 616 411
RITUXIMAB 902 0.5% 417 728 481
NAPROXEN 883 1.7% 258 373 286
INFLIXIMAB 868 0.6% 302 529 393
PREDNISONE 856 0.5% 327 613 408
ALBUTEROL 821 0.9% 28 133 28
TERIPARATIDE 815 1.2% 0 17 1
LEFLUNOMIDE 773 1.4% 330 603 422
SULFASALAZINE 770 1.9% 315 549 395
ABATACEPT 691 0.6% 285 558 396
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 683 1.0% 312 576 389
HYDROCORTISONE 681 2.8% 275 437 368
METFORMIN 666 0.7% 148 327 51
CETIRIZINE 664 1.4% 302 578 397
QUETIAPINE 661 0.9% 122 364 96

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Medication error

1,809 reports
1,269 reports
1,058 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)