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Status epilepticus: Which Medications Cause It? (7,751 Reports Across 446 Drugs)

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Status epilepticus has been reported as an adverse event with 446 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 7,751 total reports. 1,161 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Status epilepticus are LEVETIRACETAM, LACOSAMIDE, and VALPROIC ACID.

7,751
Total Reports
446
Drugs Involved
1,161
Deaths
5,043
Hospitalizations
40.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
54.2% / 45.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Status epilepticus Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
LEVETIRACETAM 1,883 3.0% 210 949 241
LACOSAMIDE 874 4.1% 129 491 115
VALPROIC ACID 587 2.9% 91 301 105
PHENYTOIN 544 3.8% 96 285 94
BUPROPION 490 1.4% 94 397 142
LAMOTRIGINE 438 0.9% 24 251 74
MIDAZOLAM 369 3.3% 99 197 75
CLOBAZAM 366 3.5% 56 170 47
PHENOBARBITAL 317 4.9% 33 136 36
TOPIRAMATE 315 1.1% 74 161 51
PROPOFOL 288 1.8% 86 191 96
CARBAMAZEPINE 274 1.1% 23 141 20
LORAZEPAM 255 0.8% 59 152 58
CLONAZEPAM 241 0.6% 30 116 31
DIAZEPAM 236 0.6% 27 144 54
VALPROATE 236 1.5% 45 133 57
PERAMPANEL 214 4.8% 11 121 20
VIGABATRIN 197 1.6% 24 140 21
QUETIAPINE 183 0.3% 3 121 84
LIDOCAINE 176 0.8% 13 123 102

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Status epilepticus

1,883 reports
874 reports
587 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)