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Toxic skin eruption: Which Medications Cause It? (6,588 Reports Across 567 Drugs)

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Toxic skin eruption has been reported as an adverse event with 567 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 6,588 total reports. 206 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Toxic skin eruption are SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM, ALLOPURINOL, and AMOXICILLIN.

6,588
Total Reports
567
Drugs Involved
206
Deaths
3,264
Hospitalizations
61.3 yrs
Average Patient Age
54.5% / 45.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Toxic skin eruption Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM 367 1.0% 16 235 7
ALLOPURINOL 291 1.5% 16 215 18
AMOXICILLIN 291 1.0% 0 158 3
PIPERACILLIN\TAZOBACTAM 263 1.4% 2 157 18
VANCOMYCIN 250 0.7% 7 160 14
PANTOPRAZOLE 233 0.3% 3 162 0
CLINDAMYCIN 212 1.2% 8 116 1
VALACYCLOVIR 207 1.6% 8 117 1
CARBOPLATIN 194 0.2% 3 81 6
LAMOTRIGINE 182 0.4% 1 128 9
LENALIDOMIDE 174 0.1% 18 86 19
FUROSEMIDE 170 0.3% 3 118 8
LEVOFLOXACIN 170 0.4% 2 104 2
DEXAMETHASONE 169 0.1% 7 93 8
ESOMEPRAZOLE 158 0.2% 0 107 10
PACLITAXEL 155 0.2% 4 55 8
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANATE 151 1.0% 9 132 6
ATORVASTATIN 138 0.2% 7 73 8
ENOXAPARIN 132 0.5% 0 83 0
MEROPENEM 131 0.9% 7 71 12

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Toxic skin eruption

291 reports
291 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)