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Polycythaemia: Which Medications Cause It? (1,330 Reports Across 127 Drugs)

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Polycythaemia has been reported as an adverse event with 127 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,330 total reports. 56 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Polycythaemia are TESTOSTERONE, EMPAGLIFLOZIN, and TESTOSTERONE CYPIONATE.

1,330
Total Reports
127
Drugs Involved
56
Deaths
444
Hospitalizations
55.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
28.7% / 71.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Polycythaemia Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
TESTOSTERONE 289 1.1% 7 124 14
EMPAGLIFLOZIN 69 0.2% 0 8 1
TESTOSTERONE CYPIONATE 56 1.1% 1 32 3
DAPAGLIFLOZIN 48 0.2% 0 6 1
TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE 33 2.1% 1 6 1
LENVATINIB 32 0.1% 2 10 1
ADALIMUMAB 30 0.0% 0 7 1
TESTOSTERONE ENANTHATE 26 1.6% 4 15 2
RUXOLITINIB 24 0.0% 4 10 1
TACROLIMUS 24 0.0% 1 7 0
METFORMIN 22 0.0% 0 1 0
PEMBROLIZUMAB 21 0.0% 1 7 0
PREDNISONE 21 0.0% 0 7 0
PANTOPRAZOLE 20 0.0% 0 19 0
ANASTROZOLE 19 0.2% 0 12 0
OMEPRAZOLE 19 0.0% 0 5 0
SOMATROPIN 19 0.0% 5 6 4
AXITINIB 18 0.1% 0 6 0
BOSENTAN 16 0.1% 4 12 1
CANAGLIFLOZIN 16 0.1% 1 2 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Polycythaemia

289 reports
69 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)