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Sickle cell disease: Which Medications Cause It? (444 Reports Across 20 Drugs)

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Sickle cell disease has been reported as an adverse event with 20 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 444 total reports. 29 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Sickle cell disease are VOXELOTOR, GLUTAMINE, and DEFERASIROX.

444
Total Reports
20
Drugs Involved
29
Deaths
311
Hospitalizations
35.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
59.3% / 40.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Sickle cell disease Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
VOXELOTOR 170 0.8% 8 130 0
GLUTAMINE 54 1.6% 0 47 0
DEFERASIROX 42 0.4% 0 33 1
AMBRISENTAN 22 0.0% 1 20 0
TREPROSTINIL 21 0.0% 0 19 0
MACITENTAN 19 0.0% 3 18 0
CRIZANLIZUMAB-TMCA 13 1.2% 2 7 0
EFAVIRENZ 13 0.2% 0 0 0
LAMIVUDINE 13 0.1% 0 0 0
LOPINAVIR\RITONAVIR 13 0.2% 0 0 0
NELFINAVIR 13 1.1% 0 0 0
ZIDOVUDINE 13 0.2% 0 0 0
SELEXIPAG 10 0.1% 1 9 0
RIOCIGUAT 8 0.0% 1 8 0
ABATACEPT 6 0.0% 0 0 0
ADALIMUMAB 6 0.0% 0 2 0
DEFERIPRONE 5 0.2% 2 4 0
DOLUTEGRAVIR 5 0.1% 0 1 1
MORPHINE 5 0.0% 5 0 0
OXYCODONE 5 0.0% 4 2 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Sickle cell disease

170 reports
54 reports
42 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)