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Respiratory tract infection: Which Medications Cause It? (20,018 Reports Across 742 Drugs)

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Respiratory tract infection has been reported as an adverse event with 742 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 20,018 total reports. 2,087 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Respiratory tract infection are RITUXIMAB, PREDNISONE, and OMALIZUMAB.

20,018
Total Reports
742
Drugs Involved
2,087
Deaths
7,876
Hospitalizations
55.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
65.3% / 34.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Respiratory tract infection Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RITUXIMAB 1,058 0.6% 156 359 69
PREDNISONE 1,051 0.7% 89 437 64
OMALIZUMAB 927 1.5% 25 299 28
ADALIMUMAB 913 0.2% 73 294 35
METHOTREXATE 895 0.4% 86 324 51
ETANERCEPT 848 0.2% 41 129 29
HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G 764 1.1% 31 318 5
LENALIDOMIDE 731 0.2% 121 296 34
DEXAMETHASONE 684 0.6% 192 378 75
ALBUTEROL 601 0.6% 20 340 9
MONTELUKAST 595 2.2% 8 212 5
FLUTICASONE\SALMETEROL 565 1.2% 13 117 1
SECUKINUMAB 533 0.4% 21 87 14
DUPILUMAB 496 0.1% 0 67 0
MEPOLIZUMAB 493 1.2% 8 206 5
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 460 0.4% 119 233 49
TOFACITINIB 435 0.3% 32 100 32
ASPIRIN 428 0.5% 34 131 6
CALCIUM 407 2.6% 12 129 9
ROSUVASTATIN 402 1.1% 0 105 3

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Respiratory tract infection

1,058 reports
1,051 reports
927 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)