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Skin irritation: Which Medications Cause It? (41,092 Reports Across 509 Drugs)

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Skin irritation has been reported as an adverse event with 509 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 41,092 total reports. 170 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Skin irritation are ADAPALENE, AVOBENZONE\OCTISALATE\OCTOCRYLENE, and DUPILUMAB.

41,092
Total Reports
509
Drugs Involved
170
Deaths
1,587
Hospitalizations
34.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
74.5% / 25.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Skin irritation Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ADAPALENE 26,669 14.7% 0 4 0
AVOBENZONE\OCTISALATE\OCTOCRYLENE 21,430 16.4% 0 5 0
DUPILUMAB 2,062 0.5% 5 49 0
AVOBENZONE\HOMOSALATE\OCTINOXATE\OCTISALATE\OXYBENZONE 1,514 14.1% 0 1 0
MINOXIDIL 810 1.3% 0 2 1
ADALIMUMAB 640 0.1% 3 143 0
SECUKINUMAB 410 0.3% 3 36 4
BUPRENORPHINE 388 0.5% 0 3 2
ETANERCEPT 248 0.1% 0 32 3
ESTRADIOL 225 0.7% 0 0 0
TREPROSTINIL 223 0.2% 8 99 5
APREMILAST 176 0.1% 0 3 0
NICOTINE 165 0.5% 0 3 0
LENALIDOMIDE 163 0.1% 2 10 0
DICLOFENAC 151 0.2% 0 12 2
CABOZANTINIB S-MALATE 142 0.4% 1 15 0
KETOCONAZOLE 138 2.5% 0 0 0
TESTOSTERONE 137 0.5% 1 1 1
EPOPROSTENOL 136 1.0% 16 103 2
FENTANYL 125 0.1% 2 9 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Skin irritation

26,669 reports
2,062 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)