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Rheumatic fever: Which Medications Cause It? (3,708 Reports Across 305 Drugs)

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Rheumatic fever has been reported as an adverse event with 305 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 3,708 total reports. 2,084 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Rheumatic fever are ABATACEPT, TOCILIZUMAB, and METHOTREXATE.

3,708
Total Reports
305
Drugs Involved
2,084
Deaths
2,294
Hospitalizations
46.5 yrs
Average Patient Age
98.4% / 1.6%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Rheumatic fever Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ABATACEPT 2,726 2.4% 1,455 1,629 1,751
TOCILIZUMAB 2,725 2.8% 1,647 1,673 1,683
METHOTREXATE 2,700 1.1% 1,629 1,677 1,799
RITUXIMAB 2,618 1.5% 1,616 1,736 1,766
LEFLUNOMIDE 2,609 4.6% 1,574 1,685 1,804
DICLOFENAC 2,583 3.0% 1,682 1,667 1,763
ADALIMUMAB 2,572 0.5% 1,525 1,579 1,673
ALENDRONATE 2,565 9.2% 1,579 1,630 1,730
PREDNISONE 2,552 1.6% 1,560 1,603 1,710
DESOXIMETASONE 2,535 21.8% 1,530 1,561 1,673
FOLIC ACID 2,526 11.1% 1,549 1,584 1,665
CETIRIZINE 2,521 5.3% 1,538 1,569 1,671
GOLIMUMAB 2,508 3.6% 1,461 1,504 1,596
INFLIXIMAB 2,507 1.8% 1,467 1,522 1,617
SULFASALAZINE 2,487 6.2% 1,519 1,552 1,653
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 2,485 2.5% 1,443 1,484 1,583
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 2,467 3.7% 1,495 1,537 1,618
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE 2,419 18.5% 1,468 1,497 1,595
TOFACITINIB 2,373 1.5% 1,354 1,411 1,510
PHTHALYLSULFATHIAZOLE 2,334 25.0% 1,392 1,443 1,529

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Rheumatic fever

2,726 reports
2,725 reports
2,700 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)