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Viral infection: Which Medications Cause It? (24,225 Reports Across 752 Drugs)

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Viral infection has been reported as an adverse event with 752 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 24,225 total reports. 1,201 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Viral infection are ADALIMUMAB, METHOTREXATE, and ETANERCEPT.

24,225
Total Reports
752
Drugs Involved
1,201
Deaths
9,791
Hospitalizations
48.8 yrs
Average Patient Age
67.0% / 33.0%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Viral infection Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ADALIMUMAB 1,298 0.3% 39 465 14
METHOTREXATE 916 0.4% 287 320 39
ETANERCEPT 911 0.3% 22 159 8
PREDNISONE 794 0.5% 300 293 23
LENALIDOMIDE 717 0.2% 27 361 3
HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G 695 1.0% 21 242 5
DUPILUMAB 671 0.2% 6 89 1
TOFACITINIB 586 0.4% 9 126 6
OMALIZUMAB 574 0.9% 6 330 30
SECUKINUMAB 559 0.4% 6 122 4
RITUXIMAB 511 0.3% 67 210 44
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 501 0.4% 307 149 46
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 412 0.7% 263 87 30
INFLIXIMAB 406 0.3% 14 149 1
DEXAMETHASONE 397 0.3% 271 103 15
TREPROSTINIL 380 0.4% 15 235 3
CYCLOSPORINE 373 0.6% 205 102 12
VINCRISTINE 347 0.5% 249 80 37
ECULIZUMAB 345 0.8% 4 151 1
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL 343 0.4% 2 72 5

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Viral infection

1,298 reports
916 reports
911 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)