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Muscle spasticity: Which Medications Cause It? (8,549 Reports Across 422 Drugs)

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Muscle spasticity has been reported as an adverse event with 422 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 8,549 total reports. 284 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Muscle spasticity are BACLOFEN, METHOTREXATE, and ACETAMINOPHEN.

8,549
Total Reports
422
Drugs Involved
284
Deaths
2,770
Hospitalizations
46.8 yrs
Average Patient Age
65.7% / 34.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Muscle spasticity Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
BACLOFEN 2,893 11.2% 50 872 93
METHOTREXATE 829 0.3% 111 282 270
ACETAMINOPHEN 745 0.5% 85 292 259
TOCILIZUMAB 646 0.7% 90 111 93
ABATACEPT 628 0.5% 77 97 95
LEFLUNOMIDE 617 1.1% 80 93 93
OCRELIZUMAB 610 1.1% 4 251 0
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 607 0.6% 76 88 88
GOLIMUMAB 607 0.9% 76 88 88
ETANERCEPT 606 0.2% 75 87 85
CHLORHEXIDINE 566 6.3% 77 90 90
DALFAMPRIDINE 566 1.0% 2 107 1
FINGOLIMOD 515 0.7% 9 143 15
OXYCODONE 461 0.2% 33 72 46
OXYCODONE TEREPHTHALATE 390 8.5% 32 42 42
AMLODIPINE 385 0.6% 5 281 235
DIMETHYL 381 0.4% 4 79 1
TERIFLUNOMIDE 361 0.9% 2 55 2
RITUXIMAB 359 0.2% 125 294 256
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM 336 0.9% 33 52 46

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Muscle spasticity

2,893 reports
829 reports
745 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)