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Swollen tongue: Which Medications Cause It? (20,090 Reports Across 776 Drugs)

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Swollen tongue has been reported as an adverse event with 776 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 20,090 total reports. 284 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Swollen tongue are LISINOPRIL, ADALIMUMAB, and OMALIZUMAB.

20,090
Total Reports
776
Drugs Involved
284
Deaths
4,767
Hospitalizations
56.5 yrs
Average Patient Age
72.0% / 28.0%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Swollen tongue Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
LISINOPRIL 1,013 2.8% 19 520 199
ADALIMUMAB 581 0.1% 0 138 24
OMALIZUMAB 474 0.7% 1 159 47
RAMIPRIL 410 1.2% 25 232 98
AMOXICILLIN 389 1.3% 1 67 27
PREDNISONE 386 0.2% 0 72 10
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 370 1.2% 0 25 2
ACETAMINOPHEN 365 0.3% 0 39 10
CLARITHROMYCIN 358 1.9% 13 26 19
ESOMEPRAZOLE 358 0.5% 0 43 11
CIPROFLOXACIN 343 0.8% 8 88 23
OMEPRAZOLE 316 0.4% 2 87 48
ASPIRIN 308 0.3% 21 46 30
METHOTREXATE 296 0.1% 5 56 27
SERTRALINE 290 0.5% 0 32 4
DULOXETINE 286 0.6% 0 27 10
AMLODIPINE 285 0.4% 3 83 18
ALBUTEROL 284 0.3% 2 43 16
GABAPENTIN 280 0.4% 0 44 10
TRAMADOL 280 0.4% 1 75 40

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Swollen tongue

1,013 reports
581 reports
474 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)