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Yellow skin: Which Medications Cause It? (3,301 Reports Across 210 Drugs)

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Yellow skin has been reported as an adverse event with 210 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 3,301 total reports. 314 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Yellow skin are SUNITINIB MALATE, OCTREOTIDE, and RIBAVIRIN.

3,301
Total Reports
210
Drugs Involved
314
Deaths
1,300
Hospitalizations
56.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
54.4% / 45.6%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Yellow skin Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
SUNITINIB MALATE 457 2.1% 57 177 9
OCTREOTIDE 91 0.4% 22 70 8
RIBAVIRIN 77 0.2% 6 31 0
ADALIMUMAB 75 0.0% 4 38 1
DIMETHYL 71 0.1% 0 6 0
ACETAMINOPHEN 60 0.0% 7 42 11
IBUPROFEN 51 0.1% 3 40 3
ATORVASTATIN 46 0.1% 2 19 1
RUXOLITINIB 46 0.1% 3 17 5
DASABUVIR\OMBITASVIR\PARITAPREVIR\RITONAVIR 45 0.4% 1 6 1
AMLODIPINE 44 0.1% 10 30 2
SORAFENIB 43 0.4% 22 31 2
METHOTREXATE 42 0.0% 8 6 0
OMBITASVIR\PARITAPREVIR\RITONAVIR 42 0.9% 6 40 1
ECULIZUMAB 40 0.1% 1 15 0
LENALIDOMIDE 40 0.0% 0 8 0
RIBOCICLIB 40 0.1% 16 16 4
DASABUVIR 37 0.9% 6 35 1
METFORMIN 33 0.0% 6 10 2
OMEPRAZOLE 33 0.0% 7 6 2

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Yellow skin

457 reports
91 reports
77 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)