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Pathogen resistance: Which Medications Cause It? (7,680 Reports Across 316 Drugs)

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Pathogen resistance has been reported as an adverse event with 316 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 7,680 total reports. 754 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Pathogen resistance are LAMIVUDINE, TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL, and DOLUTEGRAVIR.

7,680
Total Reports
316
Drugs Involved
754
Deaths
1,484
Hospitalizations
48.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
40.8% / 59.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Pathogen resistance Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
LAMIVUDINE 1,733 10.4% 26 72 3
TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL 811 3.0% 13 43 2
DOLUTEGRAVIR 586 5.4% 2 13 0
EFAVIRENZ 567 7.2% 0 31 0
ZIDOVUDINE 552 8.2% 16 31 3
RALTEGRAVIR 425 4.9% 2 30 0
CLARITHROMYCIN 423 2.2% 9 38 2
LEVOFLOXACIN 414 1.0% 32 105 3
METRONIDAZOLE 404 1.8% 32 52 24
CIPROFLOXACIN 377 0.9% 55 149 40
VANCOMYCIN 372 1.1% 113 167 60
ABACAVIR 367 8.6% 0 16 1
NEVIRAPINE 356 5.4% 13 10 6
TACROLIMUS 346 0.4% 62 206 42
MEROPENEM 342 2.5% 144 177 61
RILPIVIRINE 323 4.6% 0 14 6
VALGANCICLOVIR 299 3.8% 76 56 51
GANCICLOVIR 277 5.6% 68 49 48
PIPERACILLIN\TAZOBACTAM 273 1.4% 93 137 46
CABOTEGRAVIR 270 3.3% 0 12 5

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Pathogen resistance

1,733 reports
811 reports
586 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)