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Skin toxicity: Which Medications Cause It? (4,235 Reports Across 211 Drugs)

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Skin toxicity has been reported as an adverse event with 211 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 4,235 total reports. 374 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Skin toxicity are PANITUMUMAB, FLUOROURACIL, and OXALIPLATIN.

4,235
Total Reports
211
Drugs Involved
374
Deaths
843
Hospitalizations
57.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
50.8% / 49.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Skin toxicity Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
PANITUMUMAB 728 6.7% 38 59 35
FLUOROURACIL 597 1.1% 27 84 30
OXALIPLATIN 469 0.8% 20 61 17
LEUCOVORIN 366 1.5% 11 52 19
CARBOPLATIN 322 0.4% 44 76 4
IRINOTECAN 308 1.1% 14 53 17
PACLITAXEL 305 0.4% 33 97 8
PEMBROLIZUMAB 299 0.4% 29 102 10
CAPECITABINE 269 0.4% 23 48 1
CETUXIMAB 254 1.8% 15 33 6
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 240 0.2% 35 43 20
BEVACIZUMAB 224 0.3% 29 28 7
DOCETAXEL 212 0.3% 17 48 19
NIVOLUMAB 177 0.2% 12 46 10
METHOTREXATE 172 0.1% 19 56 35
DOXORUBICIN 167 0.2% 23 49 19
CYTARABINE 157 0.4% 22 21 17
VEMURAFENIB 147 1.7% 6 21 4
ETOPOSIDE 138 0.3% 20 27 7
TRASTUZUMAB 138 0.3% 11 42 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Skin toxicity

728 reports
597 reports
469 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)