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Meningioma: Which Medications Cause It? (3,733 Reports Across 220 Drugs)

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Meningioma has been reported as an adverse event with 220 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 3,733 total reports. 96 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Meningioma are MEDROXYPROGESTERONE, CYPROTERONE, and ESTRADIOL.

3,733
Total Reports
220
Drugs Involved
96
Deaths
978
Hospitalizations
53.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
86.6% / 13.4%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Meningioma Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 1,364 16.2% 5 84 18
CYPROTERONE 378 48.2% 6 168 10
ESTRADIOL 285 0.9% 1 130 11
LEVONORGESTREL 218 0.2% 0 59 2
NOMEGESTROL 102 45.1% 0 66 1
ADALIMUMAB 98 0.0% 5 28 2
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\LEVONORGESTREL 97 2.1% 0 37 0
CHLORMADINONE 88 57.1% 0 62 0
LEVETIRACETAM 69 0.1% 1 45 2
CYPROTERONE\ETHINYL ESTRADIOL 63 26.3% 0 33 1
METHOTREXATE 62 0.0% 1 39 0
PROGESTERONE 59 1.1% 0 28 2
INTERFERON BETA-1A 53 0.1% 0 23 0
LENALIDOMIDE 46 0.0% 6 14 0
LEUPROLIDE 45 0.1% 0 24 0
NATALIZUMAB 45 0.1% 0 22 0
BEVACIZUMAB 41 0.1% 9 4 1
BROMAZEPAM 40 0.6% 0 22 0
DIMETHYL 39 0.0% 0 11 0
SOMATROPIN 37 0.1% 1 5 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Meningioma

1,364 reports
378 reports
285 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)