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Prostate cancer: Which Medications Cause It? (74,837 Reports Across 482 Drugs)

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Prostate cancer has been reported as an adverse event with 482 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 74,837 total reports. 3,457 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Prostate cancer are RANITIDINE, LEUPROLIDE, and ABIRATERONE.

74,837
Total Reports
482
Drugs Involved
3,457
Deaths
3,258
Hospitalizations
62.3 yrs
Average Patient Age
0.5% / 99.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Prostate cancer Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RANITIDINE 60,641 14.5% 1,031 238 50
LEUPROLIDE 1,736 2.5% 836 306 23
ABIRATERONE 661 1.9% 267 163 15
ENZALUTAMIDE 642 1.3% 243 106 7
ADALIMUMAB 573 0.1% 20 120 15
ETANERCEPT 482 0.1% 7 68 19
METHOTREXATE 444 0.2% 17 127 29
INFLIXIMAB 376 0.3% 5 64 16
LENALIDOMIDE 366 0.1% 18 78 9
PREDNISONE 317 0.2% 34 114 8
RITUXIMAB 317 0.2% 24 53 5
BICALUTAMIDE 258 6.4% 35 74 3
RISANKIZUMAB-RZAA 249 0.4% 1 18 0
DENOSUMAB 237 0.2% 74 50 4
SECUKINUMAB 237 0.2% 1 37 15
RADIUM RA-223 DICHLORIDE 234 4.9% 72 46 5
VALSARTAN 230 1.1% 13 54 19
DOCETAXEL 227 0.4% 50 32 6
USTEKINUMAB 221 0.3% 4 34 8
IBRUTINIB 211 0.3% 14 54 4

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Prostate cancer

60,641 reports
1,736 reports
661 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)