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Zonisamide Adverse Events Reported to the FDA Over Time

How are Zonisamide adverse event reports trending over time?

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

Most Common Zonisamide Adverse Events Reported to the FDA

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

Convulsion
154 (3.15%)
Pyrexia
111 (2.27%)
Drug Rash With Eosinophilia And Sys...
104 (2.13%)
Stevens-johnson Syndrome
95 (1.94%)
Vomiting
69 (1.41%)
Hepatic Function Abnormal
61 (1.25%)
Drug Eruption
58 (1.19%)
Alanine Aminotransferase Increased
51 (1.04%)
Drug Hypersensitivity
51 (1.04%)
Condition Aggravated
50 (1.02%)
Drug Ineffective
49 (1%)
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Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
49 (1%)
Aspartate Aminotransferase Increase...
46 (.94%)
Rash
46 (.94%)
White Blood Cell Count Decreased
38 (.78%)
Somnolence
37 (.76%)
Fatigue
33 (.68%)
Grand Mal Convulsion
33 (.68%)
Nausea
32 (.65%)
Product Substitution Issue
32 (.65%)
Drug Exposure During Pregnancy
31 (.63%)
Headache
29 (.59%)
Agranulocytosis
28 (.57%)
Drug Interaction
28 (.57%)
Erythema
27 (.55%)
Pneumonia
27 (.55%)
Lymphadenopathy
26 (.53%)
Calculus Urinary
25 (.51%)
Dizziness
25 (.51%)
Therapeutic Response Unexpected Wit...
25 (.51%)
Epilepsy
24 (.49%)
Platelet Count Decreased
24 (.49%)
Nephrolithiasis
23 (.47%)
Decreased Appetite
22 (.45%)
Depressed Level Of Consciousness
22 (.45%)
Status Epilepticus
22 (.45%)
Loss Of Consciousness
19 (.39%)
Metabolic Acidosis
19 (.39%)
Renal Failure
19 (.39%)
Aggression
18 (.37%)
Gamma-glutamyltransferase Increased
18 (.37%)
Liver Disorder
18 (.37%)
Nasopharyngitis
18 (.37%)
Overdose
18 (.37%)
Renal Failure Acute
18 (.37%)
Weight Decreased
18 (.37%)
Dermatitis Exfoliative
17 (.35%)
Pancreatitis
17 (.35%)
Rhabdomyolysis
17 (.35%)
Blood Lactate Dehydrogenase Increas...
16 (.33%)
Completed Suicide
16 (.33%)
Depression
16 (.33%)
Gait Disturbance
16 (.33%)
Hypotension
16 (.33%)
Insomnia
16 (.33%)
Intentional Overdose
16 (.33%)
Ovarian Granulosa-theca Cell Tumour
16 (.33%)
Peritonitis Sclerosing
16 (.33%)
Toxic Skin Eruption
16 (.33%)
Agitation
15 (.31%)
Anaemia
15 (.31%)
Anorexia
15 (.31%)
Coma
15 (.31%)
Confusional State
15 (.31%)
Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection
15 (.31%)
Interstitial Lung Disease
15 (.31%)
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
15 (.31%)
Rash Generalised
15 (.31%)
Thrombocytopenia
15 (.31%)
White Blood Cell Count Increased
15 (.31%)
Diarrhoea
14 (.29%)
Fall
14 (.29%)
Generalised Erythema
14 (.29%)
Malaise
14 (.29%)
Pancytopenia
14 (.29%)
Renal Colic
14 (.29%)
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulat...
13 (.27%)
Hallucination, Visual
13 (.27%)
No Therapeutic Response
13 (.27%)
Pneumonia Aspiration
13 (.27%)
Suicidal Ideation
13 (.27%)
Suicide Attempt
13 (.27%)
Disease Recurrence
12 (.25%)
Human Herpes Virus 6 Serology Posit...
12 (.25%)
Hypersensitivity
12 (.25%)
Leukopenia
12 (.25%)
Lymphocyte Stimulation Test Positiv...
12 (.25%)
Neutropenia
12 (.25%)
Oculomucocutaneous Syndrome
12 (.25%)
Polyuria
12 (.25%)
Abnormal Behaviour
11 (.23%)
Anxiety
11 (.23%)
Blood Pressure Decreased
11 (.23%)
Cardiac Arrest
11 (.23%)
Chest Pain
11 (.23%)
Encephalopathy
11 (.23%)
Foot Fracture
11 (.23%)
Urinary Tract Infection
11 (.23%)
Abdominal Pain Upper
10 (.2%)
Alopecia
10 (.2%)
Blood Alkaline Phosphatase Increase...
10 (.2%)

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

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

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

Epilepsy
560
Convulsion
221
Product Used For Unknown Indication
70
Parkinsons Disease
66
Convulsion Prophylaxis
63
Drug Use For Unknown Indication
54
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Migraine
25
Cerebral Haemorrhage
23
Prophylaxis
21
Trigeminal Neuralgia
17
Post-traumatic Epilepsy
17
Drug Exposure During Pregnancy
13
Lennox-gastaut Syndrome
12
Partial Seizures
11
Complex Partial Seizures
10
Status Epilepticus
10
Headache
10
Migraine Prophylaxis
8
Pain
8
Simple Partial Seizures
8
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
7
Infantile Spasms
7
Overdose
6
Partial Seizures With Secondary Gen...
5
Petit Mal Epilepsy
5
Tremor
4
Myoclonus
4
Renal Cell Carcinoma
4
Brain Neoplasm
4
Ill-defined Disorder
4
Anaplastic Astrocytoma
4
Parkinsonism
4
Weight Control
3
Back Pain
3
Head Injury
3
Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsy
3
Maternal Exposure Timing Unspecifie...
3
Affective Disorder
3
Vulvovaginal Burning Sensation
3
Encephalopathy
3
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
3
Subacute Combined Cord Degeneration
3
Peripheral Nerve Injury
3
Burning Sensation
3
Arthralgia
3
Grand Mal Convulsion
2
Brain Contusion
2
Depression
2
Bipolar Disorder
2
Premedication
2
Decreased Appetite
2

Drug Labels

LabelLabelerEffective
ZonisamideBryant Ranch Prepack17-MAR-06
ZonisamideDr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited03-NOV-09
ZonisamideSun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited09-JUL-10
ZonisamideRebel Distributors Corp17-NOV-10
ZonisamidePhysicians Total Care, Inc.06-JAN-11
Zonisamide AvPAK13-JAN-11
ZonisamideWOCKHARDT LIMITED01-MAR-11
ZonisamideWOCKHARDT USA LLC.01-MAR-11
ZonisamideMylan Institutional Inc.04-MAR-11
ZonisamideSTAT RX USA LLC25-APR-11
Zonisamide Apotex Corp.27-APR-11
ZonisamideSTAT Rx USA LLC26-OCT-11
ZonegranEisai Inc.30-JAN-12
ZonisamideExelan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.10-FEB-12
ZonisamideLake Erie Medical & Surgical Supply DBA Quality Care Products LLC14-FEB-12
ZonisamideCamber Pharmaceuticals22-FEB-12
ZonisamideGlenmark Generics Inc., USA01-JUL-12
ZonisamideMylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.31-AUG-12
ZonisamideNCS HealthCare of KY, Inc dba Vangard Labs19-NOV-12
ZonisamideAmerican Health Packaging10-JAN-13
ZonisamideBryant Ranch Prepack18-JAN-13
ZonisamideEon Labs, Inc.20-MAR-13

Zonisamide Case Reports

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About Results

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