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Skin necrosis: Which Medications Cause It? (3,417 Reports Across 292 Drugs)

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Skin necrosis has been reported as an adverse event with 292 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 3,417 total reports. 340 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Skin necrosis are METHOTREXATE, ADALIMUMAB, and RITUXIMAB.

3,417
Total Reports
292
Drugs Involved
340
Deaths
1,917
Hospitalizations
55.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
61.0% / 39.0%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Skin necrosis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
METHOTREXATE 620 0.2% 9 557 38
ADALIMUMAB 576 0.1% 6 522 23
RITUXIMAB 565 0.3% 6 525 22
TOCILIZUMAB 530 0.5% 5 502 26
ABATACEPT 528 0.5% 0 510 22
LEFLUNOMIDE 525 0.9% 6 502 21
ETANERCEPT 493 0.1% 0 471 22
INFLIXIMAB 491 0.4% 0 477 20
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 482 0.7% 1 467 22
CODEINE 481 2.2% 0 469 19
SULFASALAZINE 475 1.2% 0 462 20
ALENDRONATE 442 1.6% 0 430 18
GOLD THIOMALATE 351 7.9% 0 347 19
CYCLOSPORINE 261 0.4% 31 242 25
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 248 0.3% 1 242 19
GOLIMUMAB 228 0.3% 1 219 5
WARFARIN 214 0.5% 34 128 15
AZATHIOPRINE 184 0.6% 27 159 23
IBUPROFEN 184 0.2% 1 168 3
USTEKINUMAB 159 0.2% 2 150 2

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Skin necrosis

620 reports
576 reports
565 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)