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Sprue-like enteropathy: Which Medications Cause It? (4,818 Reports Across 35 Drugs)

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Sprue-like enteropathy has been reported as an adverse event with 35 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 4,818 total reports. 64 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Sprue-like enteropathy are OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL, HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE\OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL, and OLMESARTAN.

4,818
Total Reports
35
Drugs Involved
64
Deaths
3,455
Hospitalizations
69.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
53.3% / 46.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Sprue-like enteropathy Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL 3,482 29.1% 50 2,625 11
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE\OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL 2,453 42.5% 33 1,819 4
OLMESARTAN 391 17.6% 0 236 9
AMLODIPINE\OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL 354 18.4% 8 259 2
AMLODIPINE\HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE\OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL 231 29.1% 4 179 0
LOSARTAN 58 0.3% 0 29 0
VALSARTAN 37 0.2% 0 9 1
AMLODIPINE 29 0.0% 0 22 1
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE 27 0.1% 1 21 0
METFORMIN 21 0.0% 0 16 0
IRBESARTAN 19 0.2% 0 7 0
UNSPECIFIED INGREDIENT 16 0.1% 1 14 0
LISINOPRIL 15 0.0% 0 4 0
TELMISARTAN 15 0.3% 0 8 0
ASPIRIN 13 0.0% 0 10 0
PANTOPRAZOLE 9 0.0% 0 9 2
BUDESONIDE 8 0.0% 0 5 0
CIPROFLOXACIN 8 0.0% 0 6 0
METOPROLOL 8 0.0% 0 4 0
SIMVASTATIN 8 0.0% 0 8 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Sprue-like enteropathy

3,482 reports
391 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)