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Urinary retention: Which Medications Cause It? (23,334 Reports Across 977 Drugs)

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Urinary retention has been reported as an adverse event with 977 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 23,334 total reports. 1,342 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Urinary retention are MIRABEGRON, QUETIAPINE, and TAMSULOSIN.

23,334
Total Reports
977
Drugs Involved
1,342
Deaths
10,114
Hospitalizations
60.5 yrs
Average Patient Age
43.8% / 56.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Urinary retention Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
MIRABEGRON 706 3.4% 13 133 4
QUETIAPINE 617 0.8% 31 401 66
TAMSULOSIN 475 3.0% 23 154 8
ADALIMUMAB 452 0.1% 11 291 9
MORPHINE 407 0.3% 44 237 56
OLANZAPINE 405 0.8% 21 234 29
SERTRALINE 380 0.6% 0 104 4
PREGABALIN 376 0.4% 15 214 17
RISPERIDONE 375 0.5% 27 246 34
DULOXETINE 362 0.7% 3 148 17
LEUPROLIDE 352 0.5% 32 181 4
AMLODIPINE 324 0.5% 47 159 49
OXYCODONE 316 0.2% 40 157 14
MIRTAZAPINE 313 1.1% 46 159 37
ARIPIPRAZOLE 309 0.5% 1 158 16
TRAMADOL 309 0.4% 8 208 45
FENTANYL 307 0.3% 52 159 23
LENALIDOMIDE 306 0.1% 15 176 28
GABAPENTIN 305 0.4% 26 135 5
OMEPRAZOLE 303 0.4% 48 180 49

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Urinary retention

706 reports
617 reports
475 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)