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Seizure like phenomena: Which Medications Cause It? (1,402 Reports Across 118 Drugs)

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Seizure like phenomena has been reported as an adverse event with 118 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,402 total reports. 79 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Seizure like phenomena are PROPOFOL, SODIUM OXYBATE, and DEXMEDETOMIDINE.

1,402
Total Reports
118
Drugs Involved
79
Deaths
532
Hospitalizations
47.3 yrs
Average Patient Age
59.3% / 40.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Seizure like phenomena Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
PROPOFOL 57 0.4% 0 22 15
SODIUM OXYBATE 57 0.1% 0 6 0
DEXMEDETOMIDINE 33 1.0% 1 22 16
DROXIDOPA 31 0.2% 1 8 1
METHOXY POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL-EPOETIN BETA 30 0.4% 6 16 11
FENTANYL 27 0.0% 4 11 10
MIDAZOLAM 27 0.2% 0 16 9
QUETIAPINE 26 0.0% 3 11 6
DIMETHYL 24 0.0% 0 5 1
PERFLUTREN 24 0.7% 1 1 0
BUPROPION 23 0.1% 5 12 2
ONDANSETRON 20 0.1% 0 9 9
REGADENOSON 20 0.7% 0 3 1
SEVOFLURANE 20 0.5% 0 10 9
HYDROMORPHONE 19 0.0% 0 15 8
DALFAMPRIDINE 18 0.0% 0 4 0
DESFLURANE 17 2.7% 0 16 9
LIDOCAINE 17 0.1% 1 8 4
LOPERAMIDE 17 0.1% 6 11 12
REMIFENTANIL 17 0.6% 0 15 8

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Seizure like phenomena

57 reports
57 reports
33 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)