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Optic neuritis: Which Medications Cause It? (5,672 Reports Across 251 Drugs)

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Optic neuritis has been reported as an adverse event with 251 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 5,672 total reports. 103 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Optic neuritis are FINGOLIMOD, INTERFERON BETA-1A, and DIMETHYL.

5,672
Total Reports
251
Drugs Involved
103
Deaths
1,624
Hospitalizations
45.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
72.4% / 27.6%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Optic neuritis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
FINGOLIMOD 619 0.9% 1 132 7
INTERFERON BETA-1A 422 0.6% 0 143 2
DIMETHYL 373 0.4% 2 128 1
NATALIZUMAB 272 0.4% 2 91 0
OCRELIZUMAB 236 0.4% 0 53 3
ADALIMUMAB 229 0.1% 1 66 0
TERIFLUNOMIDE 225 0.6% 2 49 4
GLATIRAMER 196 0.4% 2 34 0
OFATUMUMAB 185 0.6% 0 35 1
RITUXIMAB 164 0.1% 23 40 1
PREDNISONE 162 0.1% 29 74 3
LINEZOLID 154 0.9% 6 40 3
ETANERCEPT 149 0.0% 2 42 1
METHOTREXATE 142 0.1% 7 50 1
INFLIXIMAB 128 0.1% 0 31 0
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 112 0.2% 16 38 6
ETHAMBUTOL 108 1.4% 5 30 1
PEMBROLIZUMAB 100 0.1% 6 35 3
INTERFERON BETA-1B 97 0.8% 3 24 1
DALFAMPRIDINE 95 0.2% 0 30 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Optic neuritis

619 reports
422 reports
373 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)