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Muscle atrophy: Which Medications Cause It? (8,533 Reports Across 479 Drugs)

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Muscle atrophy has been reported as an adverse event with 479 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 8,533 total reports. 359 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Muscle atrophy are FINASTERIDE, CIPROFLOXACIN, and ATORVASTATIN.

8,533
Total Reports
479
Drugs Involved
359
Deaths
2,511
Hospitalizations
56.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
45.3% / 54.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Muscle atrophy Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
FINASTERIDE 447 2.9% 16 118 132
CIPROFLOXACIN 381 0.9% 24 130 60
ATORVASTATIN 340 0.4% 11 64 24
ADALIMUMAB 316 0.1% 7 123 10
RELUGOLIX 260 1.3% 0 13 0
LEUPROLIDE 254 0.4% 12 38 2
SIMVASTATIN 247 0.9% 0 59 22
LEVOFLOXACIN 185 0.5% 2 45 22
ROSUVASTATIN 177 0.5% 0 26 1
PREDNISONE 171 0.1% 14 79 28
INTERFERON BETA-1A 145 0.2% 3 46 6
SEMAGLUTIDE 144 0.2% 2 21 2
TIRZEPATIDE 137 0.1% 0 6 0
METHOTREXATE 134 0.1% 4 26 12
ENZALUTAMIDE 127 0.3% 2 16 0
METFORMIN 115 0.1% 2 19 8
ETANERCEPT 111 0.0% 0 22 2
RITUXIMAB 110 0.1% 6 25 2
LENALIDOMIDE 100 0.0% 2 21 1
ONABOTULINUMTOXINA 97 0.2% 2 8 3

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Muscle atrophy

447 reports
381 reports
340 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)