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Steroid diabetes: Which Medications Cause It? (1,273 Reports Across 122 Drugs)

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Steroid diabetes has been reported as an adverse event with 122 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,273 total reports. 98 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Steroid diabetes are PREDNISONE, PREDNISOLONE, and METHYLPREDNISOLONE.

1,273
Total Reports
122
Drugs Involved
98
Deaths
557
Hospitalizations
54.7 yrs
Average Patient Age
49.1% / 50.9%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Steroid diabetes Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
PREDNISONE 398 0.3% 23 170 26
PREDNISOLONE 359 0.5% 35 155 34
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 282 0.4% 24 116 22
DEXAMETHASONE 154 0.1% 6 60 21
METHOTREXATE 144 0.1% 12 59 21
RITUXIMAB 115 0.1% 14 37 20
TACROLIMUS 96 0.1% 13 51 11
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 84 0.1% 19 53 20
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 78 0.1% 15 25 9
CYCLOSPORINE 74 0.1% 5 35 6
VINCRISTINE 71 0.1% 3 17 10
CYTARABINE 70 0.2% 2 11 10
OMALIZUMAB 56 0.1% 0 35 1
PEGASPARGASE 56 0.5% 0 14 4
METFORMIN 51 0.1% 9 34 9
AMLODIPINE 46 0.1% 7 39 4
DAUNORUBICIN 44 0.5% 0 9 6
ATORVASTATIN 36 0.1% 0 26 0
NIVOLUMAB 33 0.0% 8 29 4
HYDROCORTISONE 30 0.1% 0 12 5

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Steroid diabetes

398 reports
359 reports
282 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)