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Nephrocalcinosis: Which Medications Cause It? (820 Reports Across 90 Drugs)

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Nephrocalcinosis has been reported as an adverse event with 90 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 820 total reports. 39 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Nephrocalcinosis are FUROSEMIDE, CALCIUM, and CALCITRIOL.

820
Total Reports
90
Drugs Involved
39
Deaths
338
Hospitalizations
36.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
58.4% / 41.6%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Nephrocalcinosis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
FUROSEMIDE 111 0.2% 11 61 12
CALCIUM 65 0.4% 0 31 1
CALCITRIOL 64 2.7% 0 23 1
LANSOPRAZOLE 51 0.1% 10 6 3
OMEPRAZOLE 49 0.1% 8 5 2
ASFOTASE ALFA 45 0.5% 0 10 1
PANTOPRAZOLE 41 0.1% 4 18 2
PREDNISOLONE 39 0.1% 1 16 0
SODIUM, DIBASIC\SODIUM, MONOBASIC 32 9.2% 0 19 0
DENOSUMAB 31 0.0% 3 17 2
CINACALCET 30 0.1% 5 5 0
ESOMEPRAZOLE 28 0.0% 5 5 5
CHOLECALCIFEROL 27 0.2% 0 16 1
SPIRONOLACTONE 24 0.1% 11 22 9
TOPIRAMATE 24 0.1% 0 5 1
ALLOPURINOL 22 0.1% 0 21 0
BUROSUMAB-TWZA 21 0.4% 0 0 0
ERGOCALCIFEROL 21 0.4% 0 17 0
IBUPROFEN 20 0.0% 0 15 1
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE 18 0.1% 11 16 14

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Nephrocalcinosis

111 reports
65 reports
64 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)