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Mitochondrial toxicity: Which Medications Cause It? (543 Reports Across 64 Drugs)

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Mitochondrial toxicity has been reported as an adverse event with 64 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 543 total reports. 27 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Mitochondrial toxicity are LAMIVUDINE, STAVUDINE, and ZIDOVUDINE.

543
Total Reports
64
Drugs Involved
27
Deaths
157
Hospitalizations
48.8 yrs
Average Patient Age
32.2% / 67.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Mitochondrial toxicity Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
LAMIVUDINE 188 1.1% 3 10 2
STAVUDINE 180 6.9% 1 3 3
ZIDOVUDINE 177 2.6% 0 6 0
DIDANOSINE 174 8.4% 2 3 2
NEVIRAPINE 174 2.6% 0 6 0
SAQUINAVIR 165 20.8% 0 1 1
TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL 161 0.6% 0 6 1
INDINAVIR 156 21.4% 0 0 0
LOPINAVIR\RITONAVIR 151 1.8% 0 1 0
ENFUVIRTIDE 149 19.7% 1 1 0
ABACAVIR 121 2.8% 2 3 1
RITONAVIR 95 0.8% 1 3 1
EFAVIRENZ 92 1.2% 0 0 0
RALTEGRAVIR 89 1.0% 1 1 1
NELFINAVIR 86 7.4% 0 1 0
DELAVIRDINE 83 58.5% 0 0 0
ETRAVIRINE 82 4.2% 1 1 0
LOPINAVIR 82 6.6% 0 0 0
ATAZANAVIR 78 1.4% 1 2 0
DARUNAVIR 78 2.2% 0 0 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Mitochondrial toxicity

188 reports
180 reports
177 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)