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Pulmonary arterial hypertension: Which Medications Cause It? (11,941 Reports Across 297 Drugs)

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Pulmonary arterial hypertension has been reported as an adverse event with 297 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 11,941 total reports. 4,263 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Pulmonary arterial hypertension are TREPROSTINIL, MACITENTAN, and AMBRISENTAN.

11,941
Total Reports
297
Drugs Involved
4,263
Deaths
7,773
Hospitalizations
56.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
70.5% / 29.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Pulmonary arterial hypertension Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
TREPROSTINIL 3,240 3.5% 978 2,289 135
MACITENTAN 2,390 5.3% 1,204 1,695 111
AMBRISENTAN 1,965 2.3% 432 1,266 41
SELEXIPAG 1,387 7.5% 712 917 74
EPOPROSTENOL 1,055 7.9% 475 864 58
BOSENTAN 778 4.0% 358 506 36
TADALAFIL 680 2.2% 267 396 33
SILDENAFIL 487 1.4% 158 279 31
RIOCIGUAT 436 2.4% 175 319 17
ILOPROST 284 5.7% 169 177 13
BOSENTAN\BOSENTAN 245 7.0% 149 143 13
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 156 0.1% 58 112 35
DASATINIB 137 0.5% 6 66 22
TRACLEER 127 6.8% 85 70 9
FUROSEMIDE 111 0.2% 31 85 15
METHOTREXATE 97 0.0% 36 82 19
CARBOPLATIN 92 0.1% 40 63 7
RITUXIMAB 92 0.1% 41 59 21
THIOTEPA 82 1.2% 41 55 13
LETAIRIS 60 1.4% 15 40 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Pulmonary arterial hypertension

3,240 reports
2,390 reports
1,965 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)