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Multiple-drug resistance: Which Medications Cause It? (2,700 Reports Across 310 Drugs)

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Multiple-drug resistance has been reported as an adverse event with 310 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 2,700 total reports. 294 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Multiple-drug resistance are LEVETIRACETAM, LACOSAMIDE, and VALPROIC ACID.

2,700
Total Reports
310
Drugs Involved
294
Deaths
573
Hospitalizations
34.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
49.2% / 50.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Multiple-drug resistance Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
LEVETIRACETAM 1,378 2.2% 118 255 99
LACOSAMIDE 739 3.5% 83 155 53
VALPROIC ACID 622 3.1% 82 135 59
TOPIRAMATE 521 1.8% 69 79 52
CLOBAZAM 486 4.6% 50 79 34
LAMOTRIGINE 418 0.9% 33 79 17
PHENOBARBITAL 406 6.3% 27 67 24
PHENYTOIN 337 2.3% 38 85 38
CARBAMAZEPINE 299 1.2% 34 46 16
PERAMPANEL 258 5.8% 35 42 13
OXCARBAZEPINE 256 2.4% 27 37 23
CLONAZEPAM 246 0.6% 10 62 10
ZONISAMIDE 238 5.0% 5 24 17
MIDAZOLAM 236 2.1% 37 78 45
LAMIVUDINE 186 1.1% 0 24 0
BRIVARACETAM 185 3.0% 1 30 11
LORAZEPAM 150 0.5% 31 53 30
METHOTREXATE 142 0.1% 10 27 5
PROPOFOL 129 0.8% 34 54 41
VALPROATE 129 0.8% 11 38 18

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Multiple-drug resistance

1,378 reports
739 reports
622 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)