Drug Safety Information for FLORINEF (Fludrocortisone acetate)

Adverse Drug Reactions for FLORINEF* (Fludrocortisone acetate)

These charts and graphs are based on reports received through the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) program (see below).

Top 20 Adverse Effects Associated with FLORINEF
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Nausea*203
2Dizziness*189
3Fatigue185
4Asthenia182
5Hypotension177
6Fall169
7Diarrhoea167
8Vomiting150
9Headache*138
10Dehydration126
11Pyrexia124
12Dyspnoea119
13Pain118
14Drug ineffective113
15Pneumonia110
16Syncope106
17Loss of consciousness103
18Weight decreased102
19Death101
20Confusional state100

* This side effect also appears in "Top 10 Side Effects of FLORINEF " in the drug's Review Summary based on AskaPatient reviews.

Top 10 Reasons for Taking FLORINEF
(associated with FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Product used for unknown indication2291
2Addison's disease387
3Hypotension*380
4Adrenal insufficiency334
5Orthostatic hypotension*260
6Adrenogenital syndrome132
7Hyponatraemia78
8Syncope*63
9Pyrexia57
10Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome51

*Also a top-10 reason in AskaPatient Review Summary.


Types of Adverse Events for FLORINEF

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 16947


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for FLORINEF

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 16947*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Fludrocortisone acetate (Astonin h, Astonin, Florinef acetate, Astonin-h, Florinef)

Charts are based on 16947 reports filed with the FDA between 2004 and June 2015.

Adverse Event Reports are submitted to the FDA by pharmaceutical companies (mandatory reporting is required by manufacturers, distributors, or importers), health care providers such as doctors (voluntary reporting), and by patients themselves (voluntary reporting). More Information on FDA MedWatch (FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program)Voluntary reporting takes place under the FDA's MedWatch program, where health care professionals and consumers submit reports to FDA when they find a problem with a drug, medical device, biologic, or other FDA-regulated product. An adverse event is any undesirable experience or extreme side effect associated with the use of a medical product. Adverse events include: death, life threatening event, hospitalization, disability or permanent damage, congenital anomaly or birth defect, medical product use requiring a surgical or other intervention, or other serious medical situation believed to be caused by the drug.

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Historical Analytics of FDA Adverse Event Reports Provided by Druginformer.com. FDA Drug Safety Information, including safety-related labeling updates, required post-approval safety studies, risk evaluation management strategies (REMS), alerts, and recalls are compiled by AskaPatient.com from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.