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Pulmonary toxicity: Which Medications Cause It? (5,383 Reports Across 270 Drugs)

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Pulmonary toxicity has been reported as an adverse event with 270 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 5,383 total reports. 944 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Pulmonary toxicity are AMIODARONE, METHOTREXATE, and HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.

5,383
Total Reports
270
Drugs Involved
944
Deaths
2,309
Hospitalizations
62.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
48.8% / 51.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Pulmonary toxicity Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
AMIODARONE 886 3.5% 208 519 183
METHOTREXATE 811 0.3% 67 238 45
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 411 0.6% 16 96 16
RITUXIMAB 404 0.2% 61 143 16
TOCILIZUMAB 395 0.4% 17 102 15
LEFLUNOMIDE 364 0.6% 17 101 15
ABATACEPT 359 0.3% 10 103 12
ADALIMUMAB 326 0.1% 15 112 15
PEMBROLIZUMAB 318 0.4% 35 137 11
ETANERCEPT 291 0.1% 16 104 15
BLEOMYCIN 263 3.8% 137 59 27
NIVOLUMAB 253 0.3% 37 111 25
SULFASALAZINE 250 0.6% 17 104 16
DOXORUBICIN 248 0.3% 79 81 18
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 230 0.2% 75 74 17
PREDNISONE 225 0.1% 38 91 31
PACLITAXEL 207 0.3% 24 107 13
CARBOPLATIN 200 0.2% 49 86 14
GOLD 199 4.8% 13 86 13
MELOXICAM 192 2.2% 13 21 13

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Pulmonary toxicity

886 reports
811 reports
411 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)