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Yawning: Which Medications Cause It? (1,951 Reports Across 105 Drugs)

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Yawning has been reported as an adverse event with 105 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,951 total reports. 13 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Yawning are APOMORPHINE, SERTRALINE, and BUPRENORPHINE.

1,951
Total Reports
105
Drugs Involved
13
Deaths
245
Hospitalizations
55.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
55.3% / 44.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Yawning Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
APOMORPHINE 489 6.2% 1 16 0
SERTRALINE 130 0.2% 0 4 7
BUPRENORPHINE 75 0.1% 0 21 2
BUPRENORPHINE\NALOXONE 60 0.3% 0 16 0
DULOXETINE 59 0.1% 0 4 1
FENTANYL 56 0.1% 0 16 0
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 55 0.2% 0 11 4
NALTREXONE 55 0.2% 0 5 0
VENLAFAXINE 53 0.1% 0 2 0
OXYCODONE 46 0.0% 0 20 3
FLUOXETINE 43 0.1% 0 3 0
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE 36 0.1% 0 0 0
PAROXETINE 34 0.2% 0 5 4
SODIUM OXYBATE 33 0.1% 0 2 0
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN 25 0.0% 0 3 0
AMPHETAMINE ASPARTATE\AMPHETAMINE\DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SACCHARATE\DEXTROAMPHETAMINE 21 0.1% 0 2 0
MORPHINE 20 0.0% 0 6 2
PREGABALIN 20 0.0% 0 1 0
BUPROPION 19 0.1% 0 0 0
TRAMADOL 19 0.0% 0 5 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Yawning

489 reports
130 reports
75 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)