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Muscle twitching: Which Medications Cause It? (15,525 Reports Across 660 Drugs)

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Muscle twitching has been reported as an adverse event with 660 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 15,525 total reports. 247 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Muscle twitching are CIPROFLOXACIN, LANSOPRAZOLE, and LEVOTHYROXINE.

15,525
Total Reports
660
Drugs Involved
247
Deaths
3,522
Hospitalizations
47.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
63.0% / 37.0%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Muscle twitching Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
CIPROFLOXACIN 601 1.4% 1 157 41
LANSOPRAZOLE 461 0.8% 0 170 103
LEVOTHYROXINE 412 0.7% 4 103 92
SIMVASTATIN 406 1.5% 0 116 94
NAPROXEN 401 0.8% 1 96 95
CETIRIZINE 393 0.8% 0 103 98
ESOMEPRAZOLE 388 0.5% 0 100 91
APIXABAN 387 0.2% 0 107 94
SERTRALINE 357 0.6% 6 121 43
BISOPROLOL 356 1.3% 0 99 94
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE 352 1.7% 0 94 89
DIGOXIN 350 4.5% 0 95 92
DAPAGLIFLOZIN 347 1.6% 0 94 93
ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE 347 13.5% 0 92 91
FELODIPINE 346 23.4% 0 94 92
LINAGLIPTIN 341 4.4% 0 94 91
ARIPIPRAZOLE 339 0.5% 1 85 13
ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE 334 28.5% 0 91 91
AZD-1222 325 13.9% 0 78 79
PREGABALIN 318 0.3% 5 78 7

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Muscle twitching

601 reports
461 reports
412 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)