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Radiation Adverse Events Reported to the FDA Over Time

How are Radiation adverse event reports trending over time?

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

Most Common Radiation Adverse Events Reported to the FDA

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

Dehydration
550 (3.64%)
Nausea
428 (2.84%)
Vomiting
375 (2.48%)
Dysphagia
269 (1.78%)
Mucosal Inflammation
247 (1.64%)
Fatigue
245 (1.62%)
Diarrhoea
240 (1.59%)
Stomatitis
214 (1.42%)
Pyrexia
212 (1.4%)
Pneumonia
203 (1.34%)
Dyspnoea
195 (1.29%)
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Febrile Neutropenia
184 (1.22%)
Oesophagitis
172 (1.14%)
Haemoglobin Decreased
170 (1.13%)
Neutropenia
161 (1.07%)
White Blood Cell Count Decreased
160 (1.06%)
Weight Decreased
148 (.98%)
Asthenia
139 (.92%)
Rash
131 (.87%)
Hypotension
125 (.83%)
Infection
123 (.81%)
Platelet Count Decreased
118 (.78%)
Sepsis
110 (.73%)
Hypokalaemia
103 (.68%)
Lymphopenia
100 (.66%)
Pulmonary Embolism
100 (.66%)
Thrombocytopenia
99 (.66%)
Anaemia
96 (.64%)
Pain
93 (.62%)
Anorexia
92 (.61%)
Neutrophil Count Decreased
92 (.61%)
Hyponatraemia
90 (.6%)
Leukopenia
90 (.6%)
Radiation Pneumonitis
90 (.6%)
Decreased Appetite
87 (.58%)
Abdominal Pain
84 (.56%)
Dizziness
82 (.54%)
Confusional State
78 (.52%)
Pneumonitis
78 (.52%)
Respiratory Failure
77 (.51%)
Hypoxia
76 (.5%)
Death
75 (.5%)
Radiation Skin Injury
71 (.47%)
Renal Failure
65 (.43%)
Oral Pain
64 (.42%)
Atrial Fibrillation
61 (.4%)
Blood Creatinine Increased
61 (.4%)
Cough
61 (.4%)
Deep Vein Thrombosis
61 (.4%)
Headache
60 (.4%)
Hypomagnesaemia
59 (.39%)
Malignant Neoplasm Progression
59 (.39%)
Convulsion
54 (.36%)
Syncope
54 (.36%)
Alanine Aminotransferase Increased
53 (.35%)
Malaise
53 (.35%)
Pneumonia Aspiration
53 (.35%)
Constipation
52 (.34%)
Pleural Effusion
52 (.34%)
Chills
48 (.32%)
Renal Failure Acute
48 (.32%)
Interstitial Lung Disease
46 (.3%)
Dermatitis
45 (.3%)
Fall
45 (.3%)
Hypocalcaemia
45 (.3%)
Aspartate Aminotransferase Increase...
44 (.29%)
Hyperglycaemia
44 (.29%)
Multi-organ Failure
44 (.29%)
Chest Pain
42 (.28%)
Myocardial Infarction
42 (.28%)
Radiation Injury
40 (.26%)
Oesophageal Pain
39 (.26%)
Pancytopenia
39 (.26%)
Disease Progression
37 (.25%)
Haematocrit Decreased
37 (.25%)
Somnolence
37 (.25%)
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
36 (.24%)
Depression
36 (.24%)
Erythema
36 (.24%)
Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
36 (.24%)
Mental Status Changes
36 (.24%)
General Physical Health Deteriorati...
34 (.23%)
Hypoalbuminaemia
34 (.23%)
Muscular Weakness
34 (.23%)
Thrombosis
34 (.23%)
Bone Marrow Failure
33 (.22%)
Lethargy
33 (.22%)
Oedema Peripheral
33 (.22%)
Staphylococcal Infection
33 (.22%)
Aspiration
32 (.21%)
Odynophagia
32 (.21%)
Blood Calcium Decreased
31 (.21%)
Drug Toxicity
31 (.21%)
Radiation Oesophagitis
31 (.21%)
Septic Shock
31 (.21%)
Blood Glucose Increased
30 (.2%)
Haemorrhage
30 (.2%)
Blood Sodium Decreased
29 (.19%)
Depressed Level Of Consciousness
29 (.19%)
Recall Phenomenon
29 (.19%)
Graft Versus Host Disease
28 (.19%)

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This graph shows the top adverse events submitted to the FDA for Radiation, 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 Radiation 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 Radiation

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

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This graph shows the top categories of adverse events submitted to the FDA for Radiation, 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 Radiation 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 Radiation According to Those Reporting Adverse Events

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

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
382
Head And Neck Cancer
271
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
224
Neoplasm Malignant
213
Oesophageal Carcinoma
169
Breast Cancer
127
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Glioblastoma Multiforme
113
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage Ii...
98
Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma
69
Glioblastoma
50
Pancreatic Carcinoma
49
Nasopharyngeal Cancer
49
Metastases To Bone
49
Bone Marrow Conditioning Regimen
46
Metastases To Central Nervous Syste...
43
Cervix Carcinoma
42
Pharyngeal Cancer Stage Unspecified
38
Laryngeal Cancer
36
Rectal Cancer
35
Tonsil Cancer
34
Tongue Neoplasm Malignant Stage Uns...
32
Drug Use For Unknown Indication
32
Anal Cancer
29
Prostate Cancer
25
Breast Cancer Metastatic
25
Brain Neoplasm
25
Acute Lymphocytic Leukaemia
23
Small Cell Lung Cancer Stage Unspec...
23
Malignant Melanoma
23
Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
22
Sarcoma
21
Pain
21
Product Used For Unknown Indication
19
Oligodendroglioma
18
Metastases To Spine
18
Rhabdomyosarcoma
17
Oropharyngeal Cancer Stage Unspecif...
16
Hypopharyngeal Cancer
15
Lung Neoplasm Malignant
15
T-cell Type Acute Leukaemia
12
Glioma
12
Lip And/or Oral Cavity Cancer
11
Hypoaesthesia
11
Multiple Myeloma
11
Asthenia
11
Adenocarcinoma
10
Astrocytoma
10
Pleural Mesothelioma
9
Medulloblastoma
9
Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
9
Thyroid Cancer
9

Drug Labels

LabelLabelerEffective
Inflammation Otc Radiation ReliefSkin Deep16-JAN-11
Radiation VIATREXX BIO INCORPORATED24-JUL-12
RadiationBioActive Nutritional07-NOV-12
RadiationDeseret Biologicals, Inc.13-DEC-12

Radiation Case Reports

What Radiation 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 Radiation. 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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