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Pain: Which Medications Cause It? (471,975 Reports Across 2,684 Drugs)

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Pain has been reported as an adverse event with 2,684 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 471,975 total reports. 14,357 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Pain are OXYCODONE, ADALIMUMAB, and ETANERCEPT.

471,975
Total Reports
2,684
Drugs Involved
14,357
Deaths
89,950
Hospitalizations
54.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
67.5% / 32.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Pain Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
OXYCODONE 55,423 29.1% 2,653 3,332 1,563
ADALIMUMAB 37,514 7.5% 2,020 9,822 2,468
ETANERCEPT 31,961 8.9% 1,533 5,304 2,160
METHOTREXATE 23,773 9.4% 1,981 5,911 2,764
MORPHINE 22,787 18.9% 1,078 2,691 540
TOFACITINIB 21,659 13.9% 1,649 4,320 1,979
HYDROMORPHONE 21,325 25.6% 744 1,542 207
ABATACEPT 19,783 17.0% 1,790 4,590 2,489
TOCILIZUMAB 18,384 18.7% 1,939 4,934 2,367
RITUXIMAB 16,675 9.3% 2,124 5,092 2,685
LEFLUNOMIDE 15,594 27.6% 1,725 4,155 2,420
SECUKINUMAB 15,244 10.1% 1,659 3,575 2,285
INFLIXIMAB 15,061 10.7% 1,800 4,291 2,460
ACETAMINOPHEN\HYDROCODONE 14,958 13.7% 497 845 50
PREDNISONE 14,347 9.1% 1,740 4,561 2,249
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 13,929 14.1% 1,494 2,958 1,878
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 13,524 20.3% 1,636 3,710 2,202
PREGABALIN 12,996 12.7% 695 2,603 710
ACETAMINOPHEN\OXYCODONE 11,524 11.6% 1,066 1,523 613
GOLIMUMAB 11,443 16.5% 1,581 2,876 1,934

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Pain

55,423 reports
37,514 reports
31,961 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) Headache (460,069) Dyspnoea (409,496) Dizziness (352,922) Malaise (334,268)