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Muscle injury: Which Medications Cause It? (6,321 Reports Across 415 Drugs)

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Muscle injury has been reported as an adverse event with 415 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 6,321 total reports. 1,912 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Muscle injury are ABATACEPT, METHOTREXATE, and TOCILIZUMAB.

6,321
Total Reports
415
Drugs Involved
1,912
Deaths
2,969
Hospitalizations
48.5 yrs
Average Patient Age
85.3% / 14.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Muscle injury Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ABATACEPT 3,601 3.1% 1,294 1,779 1,564
METHOTREXATE 3,598 1.4% 1,468 1,840 1,644
TOCILIZUMAB 3,499 3.6% 1,403 1,747 1,455
LEFLUNOMIDE 3,470 6.1% 1,356 1,801 1,594
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 3,298 3.3% 1,256 1,588 1,392
GOLIMUMAB 3,277 4.7% 1,272 1,620 1,416
ACETAMINOPHEN 3,107 2.3% 1,145 1,544 1,302
CHLORHEXIDINE 3,014 33.7% 1,124 1,491 1,233
ADALIMUMAB 2,991 0.6% 1,412 1,813 1,573
RITUXIMAB 2,978 1.7% 1,476 1,940 1,646
ETANERCEPT 2,965 0.8% 1,059 1,436 1,189
DICLOFENAC 2,936 3.4% 1,534 1,819 1,603
OXYCODONE 2,919 1.5% 1,100 1,433 1,191
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 2,883 4.3% 1,294 1,675 1,430
PREDNISONE 2,868 1.8% 1,356 1,757 1,530
ALENDRONATE 2,788 10.0% 1,353 1,702 1,504
CETIRIZINE 2,786 5.9% 1,312 1,653 1,442
INFLIXIMAB 2,778 2.0% 1,307 1,674 1,466
FOLIC ACID 2,766 12.1% 1,301 1,674 1,435
DESOXIMETASONE 2,742 23.6% 1,296 1,629 1,430

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Muscle injury

3,601 reports
3,598 reports
3,499 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)