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Pneumonia bacterial: Which Medications Cause It? (6,980 Reports Across 432 Drugs)

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Pneumonia bacterial has been reported as an adverse event with 432 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 6,980 total reports. 1,740 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Pneumonia bacterial are RITUXIMAB, MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL, and PREDNISONE.

6,980
Total Reports
432
Drugs Involved
1,740
Deaths
4,562
Hospitalizations
61.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
47.9% / 52.1%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Pneumonia bacterial Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RITUXIMAB 398 0.2% 160 180 63
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 339 0.5% 122 189 90
PREDNISONE 336 0.2% 86 185 87
TOCILIZUMAB 329 0.3% 50 242 12
TACROLIMUS 321 0.4% 110 211 77
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 298 0.2% 105 125 59
PREDNISOLONE 298 0.4% 104 192 45
DEXAMETHASONE 296 0.2% 97 182 51
METHOTREXATE 263 0.1% 69 169 57
PEMBROLIZUMAB 233 0.3% 66 162 24
LENALIDOMIDE 228 0.1% 39 165 14
NIVOLUMAB 202 0.2% 76 135 39
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 189 0.3% 81 103 51
ADALIMUMAB 171 0.0% 22 129 9
CYCLOSPORINE 160 0.2% 86 63 11
DOXORUBICIN 136 0.2% 33 61 22
HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G 126 0.2% 14 66 22
VINCRISTINE 126 0.2% 34 56 18
INFLIXIMAB 119 0.1% 15 59 4
CARBOPLATIN 106 0.1% 31 62 14

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Pneumonia bacterial

398 reports
339 reports
336 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)