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Ototoxicity: Which Medications Cause It? (1,377 Reports Across 139 Drugs)

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Ototoxicity has been reported as an adverse event with 139 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,377 total reports. 42 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Ototoxicity are CISPLATIN, CARBOPLATIN, and VINCRISTINE.

1,377
Total Reports
139
Drugs Involved
42
Deaths
197
Hospitalizations
44.3 yrs
Average Patient Age
50.5% / 49.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Ototoxicity Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
CISPLATIN 273 0.6% 23 29 19
CARBOPLATIN 208 0.3% 12 8 7
VINCRISTINE 194 0.3% 2 7 10
AMIKACIN 158 1.4% 6 34 2
ETOPOSIDE 121 0.2% 6 10 2
GENTAMICIN 108 1.6% 1 19 5
CYCLOSPORINE 105 0.2% 0 3 1
VANCOMYCIN 87 0.3% 0 35 7
LINEZOLID 82 0.5% 3 20 2
TOBRAMYCIN 78 0.7% 0 13 2
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 76 0.1% 4 14 10
DOXORUBICIN 73 0.1% 1 9 1
TENIPOSIDE 71 22.4% 0 0 0
MOXIFLOXACIN 63 0.4% 3 18 1
AZITHROMYCIN 55 0.3% 0 6 0
PACLITAXEL 55 0.1% 4 4 2
CLARITHROMYCIN 54 0.3% 3 27 3
METHOTREXATE 50 0.0% 5 2 1
CLOFAZIMINE 49 1.1% 1 12 2
DEXAMETHASONE 44 0.0% 2 7 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Ototoxicity

273 reports
208 reports
194 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)