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Stress fracture: Which Medications Cause It? (3,235 Reports Across 153 Drugs)

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Stress fracture has been reported as an adverse event with 153 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 3,235 total reports. 63 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Stress fracture are ALENDRONATE, IBANDRONATE, and DENOSUMAB.

3,235
Total Reports
153
Drugs Involved
63
Deaths
1,252
Hospitalizations
60.3 yrs
Average Patient Age
84.4% / 15.6%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Stress fracture Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ALENDRONATE 837 3.0% 19 575 4
IBANDRONATE 346 3.4% 0 204 0
DENOSUMAB 281 0.2% 4 51 0
METHOTREXATE 212 0.1% 1 47 0
RISEDRONATE 196 2.9% 2 129 0
ADALIMUMAB 168 0.0% 3 61 1
ALENDRONATE\CHOLECALCIFEROL 137 5.3% 1 118 1
ETANERCEPT 115 0.0% 0 17 0
FOSAMAX 109 11.4% 4 95 0
PREDNISONE 91 0.1% 3 24 1
TERIPARATIDE 88 0.1% 0 7 0
TOFACITINIB 81 0.1% 0 16 0
ZOLEDRONIC ACID 78 0.2% 0 29 0
TOCILIZUMAB 77 0.1% 0 4 0
ABATACEPT 64 0.1% 0 5 0
ALENDRONIC ACID 64 0.8% 0 32 0
LEFLUNOMIDE 53 0.1% 0 16 0
LENALIDOMIDE 51 0.0% 0 15 0
INFLIXIMAB 48 0.0% 0 2 0
RITUXIMAB 46 0.0% 5 12 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Stress fracture

837 reports
346 reports
281 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)