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Melaena: Which Medications Cause It? (15,208 Reports Across 602 Drugs)

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Melaena has been reported as an adverse event with 602 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 15,208 total reports. 1,885 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Melaena are ASPIRIN, CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE, and RIVAROXABAN.

15,208
Total Reports
602
Drugs Involved
1,885
Deaths
10,672
Hospitalizations
69.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
44.2% / 55.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Melaena Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ASPIRIN 2,001 2.2% 137 1,609 140
CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE 1,547 3.4% 104 1,273 140
RIVAROXABAN 1,405 1.1% 137 1,124 149
APIXABAN 1,156 0.7% 172 871 148
WARFARIN 930 2.3% 84 749 97
IBUPROFEN 810 0.9% 45 677 77
DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE 700 1.9% 150 590 99
DICLOFENAC 576 0.7% 19 433 31
NAPROXEN 291 0.6% 20 217 31
FUROSEMIDE 272 0.5% 75 186 43
ENOXAPARIN 261 1.0% 43 185 37
TICAGRELOR 259 1.1% 23 206 22
EDOXABAN 255 3.1% 23 199 28
PREDNISOLONE 227 0.3% 59 162 36
ASPIRIN DL-LYSINE 200 3.0% 31 152 23
SERTRALINE 178 0.3% 7 119 23
PANTOPRAZOLE 173 0.2% 22 108 4
ADALIMUMAB 172 0.0% 12 109 4
METFORMIN 169 0.2% 19 137 28
PREDNISONE 168 0.1% 16 130 19

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Melaena

2,001 reports
1,547 reports
1,405 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)