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Doxorubicin Adverse Events Reported to the FDA Over Time

How are Doxorubicin adverse event reports trending over time?

This graph shows volume of adverse events submitted to the FDA by quarter for Doxorubicin, as well as related generic and/or brandname drugs containing the same primary active ingredients. Adverse events are counted if Doxorubicin is flagged as the suspect drug causing the adverse event.

Most Common Doxorubicin Adverse Events Reported to the FDA

What are the most common Doxorubicin adverse events reported to the FDA?

Febrile Neutropenia
2247 (2.61%)
Neutropenia
1780 (2.06%)
Pyrexia
1487 (1.72%)
Nausea
1125 (1.3%)
Vomiting
1080 (1.25%)
Diarrhoea
1042 (1.21%)
Pneumonia
1036 (1.2%)
Anaemia
1025 (1.19%)
Thrombocytopenia
856 (.99%)
Sepsis
851 (.99%)
Dyspnoea
842 (.98%)
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White Blood Cell Count Decreased
792 (.92%)
Infection
748 (.87%)
Dehydration
746 (.87%)
Fatigue
695 (.81%)
Death
668 (.77%)
Pancytopenia
640 (.74%)
Mucosal Inflammation
633 (.73%)
Interstitial Lung Disease
617 (.72%)
Hypotension
606 (.7%)
Asthenia
592 (.69%)
Platelet Count Decreased
574 (.67%)
Palmar-plantar Erythrodysaesthesia ...
565 (.66%)
Abdominal Pain
531 (.62%)
Haemoglobin Decreased
517 (.6%)
Pleural Effusion
494 (.57%)
Pulmonary Embolism
493 (.57%)
Leukopenia
481 (.56%)
Neutrophil Count Decreased
474 (.55%)
Stomatitis
467 (.54%)
Septic Shock
464 (.54%)
Off Label Use
463 (.54%)
Renal Failure Acute
444 (.51%)
Renal Failure
427 (.5%)
General Physical Health Deteriorati...
422 (.49%)
Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia
413 (.48%)
Respiratory Failure
413 (.48%)
Neuropathy Peripheral
393 (.46%)
Disease Progression
385 (.45%)
Deep Vein Thrombosis
358 (.42%)
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
346 (.4%)
Pain
341 (.4%)
Cardiac Failure
340 (.39%)
Infusion Related Reaction
326 (.38%)
Constipation
324 (.38%)
Bone Marrow Failure
322 (.37%)
Malaise
312 (.36%)
Ovarian Cancer
312 (.36%)
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
309 (.36%)
Hypokalaemia
290 (.34%)
Cardiac Failure Congestive
286 (.33%)
Cough
286 (.33%)
Atrial Fibrillation
285 (.33%)
Hypertension
283 (.33%)
Headache
282 (.33%)
Chills
280 (.32%)
Dizziness
280 (.32%)
Tachycardia
280 (.32%)
Multi-organ Failure
278 (.32%)
Confusional State
268 (.31%)
Drug Exposure During Pregnancy
267 (.31%)
Myocardial Infarction
255 (.3%)
Rash
255 (.3%)
Malignant Neoplasm Progression
252 (.29%)
Oedema Peripheral
251 (.29%)
Hepatitis B
249 (.29%)
Syncope
248 (.29%)
Weight Decreased
248 (.29%)
Chest Pain
243 (.28%)
Hypoxia
239 (.28%)
Neutropenic Sepsis
237 (.27%)
Urinary Tract Infection
235 (.27%)
Hyponatraemia
229 (.27%)
Alanine Aminotransferase Increased
228 (.26%)
Decreased Appetite
226 (.26%)
Hepatic Failure
224 (.26%)
Aspartate Aminotransferase Increase...
220 (.26%)
Back Pain
218 (.25%)
Intestinal Obstruction
216 (.25%)
Ejection Fraction Decreased
209 (.24%)
Blood Creatinine Increased
208 (.24%)
Cardiomyopathy
208 (.24%)
Febrile Bone Marrow Aplasia
208 (.24%)
Staphylococcal Infection
205 (.24%)
Pain In Extremity
203 (.24%)
Pneumonitis
198 (.23%)
Drug Ineffective
197 (.23%)
Pulmonary Toxicity
196 (.23%)
Ascites
195 (.23%)
Erythema
193 (.22%)
Drug Toxicity
190 (.22%)
Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
188 (.22%)
Cellulitis
182 (.21%)
Tumour Lysis Syndrome
179 (.21%)
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulat...
178 (.21%)
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
173 (.2%)
Cardiac Arrest
171 (.2%)
Convulsion
169 (.2%)
Herpes Zoster
169 (.2%)
Fall
168 (.19%)
Multiple Myeloma
165 (.19%)

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This graph shows the top adverse events submitted to the FDA for Doxorubicin, as well as related generic and/or brandname drugs containing the same primary active ingredients, from Q1 2004 to Q3 2012. Adverse events are counted if Doxorubicin is flagged as a suspect drug causing the adverse event. For each adverse event listed, percent (%) represents percentage of the adverse event to all adverse events reported for the drug. Percent does not represent a rate related to drug utilization.

Adverse Event Categories for Doxorubicin

What are the most common Doxorubicin adverse events reported to the FDA?

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This graph shows the top categories of adverse events submitted to the FDA for Doxorubicin, as well as related generic and/or brandname drugs containing the same primary active ingredients, from Q1 2004 to Q3 2012. Adverse events are counted if Doxorubicin is flagged as a suspect drug causing the adverse event. For each adverse event listed, percent (%) represents percentage of the adverse event to all adverse events reported for the drug. Percent does not represent a rate related to drug utilization.

Common Uses of Doxorubicin According to Those Reporting Adverse Events

Why are people taking Doxorubicin, according to those reporting adverse events to the FDA?

Breast Cancer
3025
Multiple Myeloma
2728
Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
2610
Non-hodgkins Lymphoma
1585
Ovarian Cancer
1091
Hodgkins Disease
1054
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B-cell Lymphoma
987
Ovarian Cancer Recurrent
853
Lymphoma
631
Drug Use For Unknown Indication
627
Breast Cancer Metastatic
578
Acute Lymphocytic Leukaemia
503
Product Used For Unknown Indication
448
Mantle Cell Lymphoma
444
Burkitts Lymphoma
394
Chemotherapy
281
T-cell Lymphoma
280
Bone Sarcoma
279
Hepatic Neoplasm Malignant
265
Sarcoma
247
Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma Unspecif...
170
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia
158
Kaposis Sarcoma
152
Neoplasm Malignant
150
Endometrial Cancer
148
Ewings Sarcoma
134
Drug Exposure During Pregnancy
128
Uterine Cancer
87
Ovarian Cancer Metastatic
83
Malignant Lymphoid Neoplasm
76
Adult T-cell Lymphoma/leukaemia
74
Prostate Cancer
74
Sarcoma Metastatic
73
Rhabdomyosarcoma
62
Mycosis Fungoides
62
Neuroblastoma
57
B Precursor Type Acute Leukaemia
49
Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
46
Ill-defined Disorder
46
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
43
Leukaemia Plasmacytic
38
Malignant Peritoneal Neoplasm
38
Glioblastoma Multiforme
34
Primary Mediastinal Large B-cell Ly...
30
Epstein-barr Virus Associated Lymph...
30
Bladder Cancer
30
Breast Cancer Stage Ii
29
Nephroblastoma
29
Leukaemia
29
Plasmacytoma
28
Non-hodgkins Lymphoma Unspecified H...
28

Drug Labels

LabelLabelerEffective
Doxorubicin HydrochlorideBedford Laboratories24-MAR-10
Doxorubicin HydrochloridePfizer Laboratories Div Pfizer Inc04-OCT-11
Doxorubicin HydrochlorideSun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited 20-FEB-12
Doxorubicin HydrochloridePfizer Laboratories Div Pfizer Inc.15-MAY-12
AdriamycinBedford Laboratories17-MAY-12
LipodoxSun Pharma Global FZE22-MAY-12
Lipodox 50Sun Pharma Global FZE22-MAY-12
Doxorubicin HydrochlorideTeva Parenteral Medicines, Inc13-AUG-12
Doxorubicin HydrochlorideAPP Pharmaceuticals, LLC28-AUG-12
DoxilJanssen Products, LP19-SEP-12
Doxorubicin HydrochlorideAmneal-Agila, LLC28-DEC-12
Doxorubicin HydrochlorideSun Pharma Global FZE05-FEB-13
Doxorubicin HydrochloridePfizer Laboratories Div Pfizer Inc06-MAR-13
DoxilJanssen Products, LP12-MAR-13

Doxorubicin Case Reports

What Doxorubicin safety concerns are being reported by doctors and researchers in the medical literature?

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About Results

This report contains aggregated drug side effects and adverse events for Doxorubicin. The data has been pulled from the United States Food and Drug Administration's (US FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS), a database containing more than 4,000,000 adverse event reports.

DrugCite expands your query using the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) to include generic drugs and primary active ingredients. While the core of DrugCite's advanced drug filtering algorithm is based on the industry standard UMLS, DrugCite's proprietary filtering system also includes dozens of additional steps to reconcile malformed drug names in the FDA's data.

DrugCite only counts a drug if the submitter of the adverse event indicates that the drug is suspected to have caused the adverse event.

Depending on how the data is aggregated, different counts may occur. When someone submits an adverse event to the FDA, the submitter can attribute multiple adverse events to one or more drugs. For example, an individual taking Paxil could submit the adverse events "anxiety" and "suicidal ideation" for the same individual safety report (ISR). This means when DrugCite aggregates by adverse event, two distinct adverse events are counted in the adverse event graph; once for "anxiety" and again for "suicidal ideation". However, when DrugCite aggregates by individual safety reports irrespective of the details of the adverse events contained within the safety report, the report is only counted once.

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