MERCAPTOPURINE
Mercaptopurine Adverse Events Reported to the FDA Over Time
How are Mercaptopurine adverse event reports trending over time?
This graph shows volume of adverse events submitted to the FDA by quarter for Mercaptopurine, as well as related generic and/or brandname drugs containing the same primary active ingredients. Adverse events are counted if Mercaptopurine is flagged as the suspect drug causing the adverse event.
Most Common Mercaptopurine Adverse Events Reported to the FDA
What are the most common Mercaptopurine adverse events reported to the FDA?
| Pyrexia | 151 (1.9%) |
| Neutropenia | 135 (1.7%) |
| Nausea | 108 (1.36%) |
| Vomiting | 93 (1.17%) |
| Febrile Neutropenia | 84 (1.06%) |
| Headache | 84 (1.06%) |
| Hepatosplenic T-cell Lymphoma | 79 (1%) |
| Diarrhoea | 78 (.98%) |
| Sepsis | 75 (.95%) |
| Acute Myeloid Leukaemia | 66 (.83%) |
| Pancytopenia | 65 (.82%) |
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This graph shows the top adverse events submitted to the FDA for Mercaptopurine, 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 Mercaptopurine 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 Mercaptopurine
What are the most common Mercaptopurine adverse events reported to the FDA?
| Infections - Pathogen Unspecified | 399 (5.03%) |
| Gastrointestinal Signs | 340 (4.29%) |
| Hematology Investigations | 302 (3.81%) |
| White Blood Cell | 287 (3.62%) |
| Neurological | 262 (3.3%) |
| Hepatic And Hepatobiliary | 235 (2.96%) |
| Hepatobiliary | 230 (2.9%) |
| Respiratory | 200 (2.52%) |
| Leukemias | 193 (2.43%) |
| Viral Infectious | 156 (1.97%) |
| Body Temperature Conditions | 154 (1.94%) |
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This graph shows the top categories of adverse events submitted to the FDA for Mercaptopurine, 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 Mercaptopurine 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 Mercaptopurine According to Those Reporting Adverse Events
Why are people taking Mercaptopurine, according to those reporting adverse events to the FDA?
| Crohns Disease | 1119 |
| Acute Lymphocytic Leukaemia | 399 |
| Product Used For Unknown Indication | 369 |
| Colitis Ulcerative | 249 |
| Drug Use For Unknown Indication | 185 |
| Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia | 80 |
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Drug Labels
| Label | Labeler | Effective |
|---|---|---|
| Mercaptopurine | REMEDYREPACK INC. | 03-NOV-11 |
| Mercaptopurine | Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc | 01-MAY-12 |
| Mercaptopurine | Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. | 03-JUL-12 |
| Purinethol | Gate Pharmaceuticals | 02-AUG-12 |
| Mercaptopurine | Physicians Total Care, Inc. | 01-OCT-12 |
| Mercaptopurine | Roxane Laboratories, Inc | 01-NOV-12 |
| Mercaptopurine | Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 14-MAR-13 |
| Mercaptopurine | American Health Packaging | 15-MAR-13 |
Mercaptopurine Case Reports
What Mercaptopurine safety concerns are being reported by doctors and researchers in the medical literature?
About Results
This report contains aggregated drug side effects and adverse events for Mercaptopurine. 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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