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Steroids Adverse Events Reported to the FDA Over Time

How are Steroids adverse event reports trending over time?

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

Most Common Steroids Adverse Events Reported to the FDA

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

Pyrexia
114 (1.47%)
Drug Ineffective
72 (.93%)
Fatigue
67 (.86%)
Tendon Rupture
67 (.86%)
Headache
65 (.84%)
Blood Creatinine Increased
60 (.77%)
Rotator Cuff Syndrome
60 (.77%)
Diarrhoea
54 (.69%)
Dyspnoea
52 (.67%)
Nausea
50 (.64%)
Pneumonia
49 (.63%)
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Anxiety
48 (.62%)
Urinary Tract Infection
47 (.6%)
Osteonecrosis
44 (.57%)
Abdominal Pain
43 (.55%)
Insomnia
42 (.54%)
Pain
42 (.54%)
Cytomegalovirus Infection
41 (.53%)
Blood Glucose Increased
40 (.51%)
Multiple Sclerosis Relapse
40 (.51%)
Tremor
39 (.5%)
Convulsion
38 (.49%)
Infection
38 (.49%)
Sepsis
38 (.49%)
Acute Graft Versus Host Disease
36 (.46%)
Depression
36 (.46%)
Weight Increased
36 (.46%)
Anaemia
35 (.45%)
Diabetes Mellitus
35 (.45%)
Hypertension
35 (.45%)
Oedema Peripheral
35 (.45%)
Arthralgia
34 (.44%)
Vomiting
34 (.44%)
Pain In Extremity
32 (.41%)
Fall
31 (.4%)
Drug Interaction
30 (.39%)
Tendonitis
30 (.39%)
Cataract
29 (.37%)
Hypotension
29 (.37%)
Injection Site Erythema
29 (.37%)
Alanine Aminotransferase Increased
28 (.36%)
Psychotic Disorder
28 (.36%)
Influenza Like Illness
27 (.35%)
Muscle Spasms
27 (.35%)
Surgery
27 (.35%)
Asthma
26 (.33%)
Epstein-barr Virus Infection
26 (.33%)
Myalgia
26 (.33%)
Back Pain
25 (.32%)
Condition Aggravated
25 (.32%)
Cough
25 (.32%)
Staphylococcal Infection
25 (.32%)
Asthenia
24 (.31%)
Confusional State
24 (.31%)
Feeling Abnormal
24 (.31%)
Graft Versus Host Disease
24 (.31%)
Hepatic Function Abnormal
24 (.31%)
Kidney Transplant Rejection
24 (.31%)
Meniscus Lesion
24 (.31%)
Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease
23 (.3%)
Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
23 (.3%)
Joint Injury
23 (.3%)
Malaise
23 (.3%)
Renal Failure Acute
23 (.3%)
Respiratory Failure
23 (.3%)
Cytomegalovirus Viraemia
22 (.28%)
Gait Disturbance
22 (.28%)
Lung Infiltration
22 (.28%)
Osteoporosis
22 (.28%)
Constipation
21 (.27%)
Death
21 (.27%)
Injection Site Pain
21 (.27%)
Multi-organ Failure
21 (.27%)
Multiple Sclerosis
21 (.27%)
Pneumatosis Intestinalis
21 (.27%)
Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia
21 (.27%)
Renal Impairment
21 (.27%)
Dehydration
20 (.26%)
Hyperglycaemia
20 (.26%)
Joint Swelling
20 (.26%)
Pulmonary Embolism
20 (.26%)
Deep Vein Thrombosis
19 (.24%)
Lymphadenopathy
19 (.24%)
Nephropathy Toxic
19 (.24%)
Proteinuria
19 (.24%)
Thrombocytopenia
19 (.24%)
Blood Beta-d-glucan Increased
18 (.23%)
Bursitis
18 (.23%)
Fungal Infection
18 (.23%)
Heart Rate Increased
18 (.23%)
Contusion
17 (.22%)
Hypoxia
17 (.22%)
Interstitial Lung Disease
17 (.22%)
Musculoskeletal Stiffness
17 (.22%)
Myocardial Infarction
17 (.22%)
Neutropenia
17 (.22%)
Renal Failure
17 (.22%)
Stress
17 (.22%)
Tracheobronchitis
17 (.22%)
Abdominal Distension
16 (.21%)
Hallucination
16 (.21%)

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

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

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

Drug Use For Unknown Indication
421
Product Used For Unknown Indication
377
Premedication
252
Renal Transplant
161
Multiple Sclerosis
103
Rheumatoid Arthritis
102
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Crohns Disease
97
Multiple Sclerosis Relapse
74
Asthma
62
Immunosuppression
54
Liver Transplant
41
Colitis Ulcerative
37
Ill-defined Disorder
35
Bone Marrow Transplant
34
Nephrotic Syndrome
34
Prophylaxis
26
Interstitial Lung Disease
26
Psoriasis
26
Heart Transplant
23
Multiple Myeloma
20
Pain
19
Stem Cell Transplant
17
Graft Versus Host Disease
16
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
16
Breast Cancer
14
Immunosuppressant Drug Therapy
14
Aplastic Anaemia
12
Pneumonia
11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disea...
11
Colitis
10
Prophylaxis Against Transplant Reje...
10
Steroid Therapy
9
Psoriatic Arthropathy
8
Pemphigoid
8
Acanthoma
8
Macular Degeneration
8
Arthralgia
8
Arthritis
7
Sinusitis
7
Dyspnoea
7
Dermatomyositis
7
Histiocytosis Haematophagic
7
Pleurisy
7
Acute Graft Versus Host Disease
7
Pemphigus
7
Inflammation
7
Rash
6
Drug Exposure During Pregnancy
6
Liver And Small Intestine Transplan...
6
Local Swelling
6
Infection
6

Steroids Case Reports

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About Results

This report contains aggregated drug side effects and adverse events for Steroids. 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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