Betaseron and Head Injury

This page shows results related to Betaseron and Head Injury from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS).

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Betaseron and Head Injury

Age

50-59 Years	33
40-49 Years	22
>60 Years	20
30-39 Years	15
20-29 Years	9

Gender

Male: 22%
Female: 78%

Outcome

What were the most common outcomes of those reporting Head Injury?

Other	53
Hospitalization	46
Disability	5
Death	3

Reporter

Who most commonly reported Head Injury?

Consumer	41
Other	9
Physician	3
Pharmacist	2

Therapy

Of those reporting Head Injury, why were they taking Betaseron?

Multiple Sclerosis	32
Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclero...	31
Secondary Progressive Multiple Scle...	8
Drug Use For Unknown Indication	2

Other Medications

Which medications reported to the FDA are most commonly associated with Head Injury?

Fosamax	1053
Forteo	605
Avonex	595
Vioxx	443
Tysabri	424
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Rebif	279
Seroquel	263
Lyrica	175
Humira	168
Zometa	167
Neurontin	166
Cymbalta	144
Enbrel	133
Chantix	129
Zyprexa	122
Digoxin	118
Coumadin	118
Fosamax Plus D	115
Betaseron	107
Pradaxa	102
Remicade	101
Nuvaring	95
Nexium	95
Aredia	92
Dianeal	91
Zoloft	90
Pegasys	89
Peg-intron	83
Alendronate Sodium	83
Ambien	82
Suboxone	80
Oxycontin	79
Clozaril	78
Lipitor	76
Byetta	73
Effexor Xr	71
Boniva	70
Aspirin	70
Plavix	69
Revlimid	68
Oxycodone Hcl	67
Duragesic-100	66
Warfarin Sodium	65
Crestor	64
Humalog	64
Accutane	64
Xyrem	63
Diovan	60
Paxil	59
Ribavirin	57
Rebetol	55

Is the adverse drug reaction you’re experiencing actually due to the drug you took?

The Naranjo Scale is a questionnaire for determining the likelihood of whether an adverse drug reaction is actually due to the drug or caused by other factors. Probability is assigned via a score termed definite, probable, possible or doubtful.^*

	YES	NO	UNKOWN
Are there previous conclusive reports on this reaction?
Did the adverse event appear after the suspected drug was administered?
Did the adverse reaction improve when the drug was discontinued or a specific antagonist was administered?
Did the adverse reaction reappear when the drug was readministered?
Are there alternative causes (other than the drug) that could on their own have caused the reaction?
Did the reaction reappear when a placebo was given?
Was the drug detected in the blood (or other fluids) in concentrations known to be toxic?
Was the reaction more severe when the dose was increased, or less severe when the dose was decreased?
Did the patient have a similar reaction to the same or similar drugs in any previous exposure?
Was the adverse event confirmed by any objective evidence?

Probability of an Adverse Event

Doubtful

Possible

Probable

Definite

^*Naranjo, et al. "A method for estimating the probability of adverse drug reactions." Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1981 Aug;30(2):239-45.

To learn more about all adverse events for Betaseron, view the complete Betaseron adverse event report.

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