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Unwanted awareness during anaesthesia: Which Medications Cause It? (188 Reports Across 14 Drugs)

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Unwanted awareness during anaesthesia has been reported as an adverse event with 14 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 188 total reports. The drugs most commonly associated with Unwanted awareness during anaesthesia are SEVOFLURANE, PROPOFOL, and MIDAZOLAM.

188
Total Reports
14
Drugs Involved
0
Deaths
20
Hospitalizations
50.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
72.4% / 27.6%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Unwanted awareness during anaesthesia Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
SEVOFLURANE 72 1.7% 0 1 1
PROPOFOL 46 0.3% 0 3 1
MIDAZOLAM 31 0.3% 0 0 0
ROCURONIUM 20 0.3% 0 1 0
FENTANYL 17 0.0% 0 0 0
KETAMINE 17 0.2% 0 0 0
DESFLURANE 16 2.5% 0 0 0
SUFENTANIL 11 0.3% 0 0 0
ADALIMUMAB 8 0.0% 0 1 0
DEXMEDETOMIDINE 8 0.2% 0 0 0
REMIFENTANIL 7 0.3% 0 0 0
ATRACURIUM 6 0.3% 0 0 0
OLANZAPINE 5 0.0% 0 2 0
SUCCINYLCHOLINE 5 0.2% 0 1 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Unwanted awareness during anaesthesia

72 reports
46 reports
31 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)