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Somatic symptom disorder: Which Medications Cause It? (1,019 Reports Across 147 Drugs)

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Somatic symptom disorder has been reported as an adverse event with 147 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,019 total reports. 41 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Somatic symptom disorder are DULOXETINE, LORAZEPAM, and RANITIDINE.

1,019
Total Reports
147
Drugs Involved
41
Deaths
468
Hospitalizations
47.3 yrs
Average Patient Age
66.8% / 33.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Somatic symptom disorder Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
DULOXETINE 154 0.3% 0 46 1
LORAZEPAM 97 0.3% 0 5 2
RANITIDINE 97 0.0% 9 91 0
TRAMADOL 96 0.1% 1 2 2
GABAPENTIN 92 0.1% 0 3 0
ETANERCEPT 90 0.0% 0 8 0
AMITRIPTYLINE 84 0.4% 0 2 0
NABILONE 78 17.7% 0 0 0
PANTOPRAZOLE 77 0.1% 0 0 0
QUETIAPINE 75 0.1% 0 21 1
QUININE 61 3.2% 0 0 0
VENLAFAXINE 52 0.1% 0 11 2
LITHIUM 50 0.3% 0 7 0
METHOTREXATE 50 0.0% 0 48 0
RISPERIDONE 50 0.1% 0 16 0
OLANZAPINE 45 0.1% 0 26 1
PREGABALIN 43 0.0% 4 17 4
ADALIMUMAB 42 0.0% 0 19 0
MIRTAZAPINE 38 0.1% 0 32 1
FINASTERIDE 37 0.2% 0 29 5

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Somatic symptom disorder

154 reports
97 reports
97 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)