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Retinal injury: Which Medications Cause It? (617 Reports Across 34 Drugs)

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Retinal injury has been reported as an adverse event with 34 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 617 total reports. 2 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Retinal injury are PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE, OCRIPLASMIN, and HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.

617
Total Reports
34
Drugs Involved
2
Deaths
68
Hospitalizations
57.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
65.8% / 34.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Retinal injury Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE 67 1.5% 0 0 0
OCRIPLASMIN 60 19.6% 0 1 0
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 46 0.1% 0 6 0
ADALIMUMAB 36 0.0% 0 3 0
METHOTREXATE 28 0.0% 0 3 0
INSULIN LISPRO 21 0.0% 0 5 0
DEXAMETHASONE 20 0.0% 0 4 0
ETANERCEPT 17 0.0% 0 1 0
AFLIBERCEPT 16 0.1% 0 2 0
INSULIN GLARGINE 15 0.0% 0 2 0
VIGABATRIN 15 0.1% 0 0 0
RANIBIZUMAB 12 0.1% 1 2 0
TOFACITINIB 11 0.0% 0 1 0
FLUDARABINE 10 0.0% 0 0 0
THIOTEPA 10 0.2% 0 0 0
TREOSULFAN 10 0.6% 0 0 0
CYCLOSPORINE 9 0.0% 0 0 0
ABATACEPT 8 0.0% 0 1 1
CHLOROQUINE 8 0.5% 0 4 0
AMIKACIN 7 0.1% 0 0 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Retinal injury

60 reports
46 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)