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Thyroid cancer: Which Medications Cause It? (10,134 Reports Across 223 Drugs)

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Thyroid cancer has been reported as an adverse event with 223 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 10,134 total reports. 307 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Thyroid cancer are RANITIDINE, LEVOTHYROXINE, and ADALIMUMAB.

10,134
Total Reports
223
Drugs Involved
307
Deaths
906
Hospitalizations
52.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
70.3% / 29.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Thyroid cancer Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RANITIDINE 6,038 1.4% 97 32 2
LEVOTHYROXINE 249 0.4% 10 25 1
ADALIMUMAB 241 0.1% 5 62 3
ETANERCEPT 152 0.0% 1 29 6
METHOTREXATE 125 0.1% 2 23 5
INTERFERON BETA-1A 101 0.2% 3 43 2
INFLIXIMAB 100 0.1% 2 24 6
SORAFENIB 100 0.9% 36 17 3
EXENATIDE 98 0.3% 6 7 2
PAZOPANIB 88 0.4% 1 2 0
DULAGLUTIDE 82 0.1% 5 9 1
LIRAGLUTIDE 81 0.4% 3 7 2
ABATACEPT 79 0.1% 0 11 0
DIMETHYL 79 0.1% 1 34 3
SEMAGLUTIDE 79 0.1% 4 11 8
SECUKINUMAB 78 0.1% 0 16 8
NATALIZUMAB 77 0.1% 0 27 5
GOLIMUMAB 69 0.1% 1 15 3
DABRAFENIB 62 0.3% 29 17 1
TOFACITINIB 62 0.0% 0 5 3

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Thyroid cancer

6,038 reports
249 reports
241 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)