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Metabolic acidosis: Which Medications Cause It? (22,464 Reports Across 874 Drugs)

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Metabolic acidosis has been reported as an adverse event with 874 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 22,464 total reports. 5,626 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Metabolic acidosis are METFORMIN, ACETAMINOPHEN, and AMLODIPINE.

22,464
Total Reports
874
Drugs Involved
5,626
Deaths
16,740
Hospitalizations
52.8 yrs
Average Patient Age
53.3% / 46.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Metabolic acidosis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
METFORMIN 5,236 5.8% 910 4,132 1,724
ACETAMINOPHEN 2,538 1.9% 815 1,618 609
AMLODIPINE 1,202 1.9% 258 889 494
IBUPROFEN 974 1.1% 124 816 410
EMPAGLIFLOZIN 572 1.5% 75 449 167
TACROLIMUS 491 0.5% 96 382 117
VENLAFAXINE 460 1.0% 54 227 153
FLUOXETINE 437 1.4% 94 186 124
ESOMEPRAZOLE 430 0.6% 42 134 86
FUROSEMIDE 413 0.8% 34 326 112
DAPAGLIFLOZIN 408 1.9% 19 330 119
TRAMADOL 393 0.5% 50 196 101
QUETIAPINE 385 0.5% 164 239 130
TOPIRAMATE 385 1.4% 68 236 80
CANAGLIFLOZIN 353 1.5% 11 313 51
METOPROLOL 295 0.7% 117 210 88
SPIRONOLACTONE 290 1.4% 24 231 66
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 289 1.0% 29 83 88
PREDNISONE 285 0.2% 95 245 99
ASPIRIN 283 0.3% 33 218 88

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Metabolic acidosis

5,236 reports
2,538 reports
1,202 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)