Drug Safety Information for ACEBUTOLOL Hydrochloride (Acebutolol hydrochloride)

Adverse Drug Reactions for ACEBUTOLOL Hydrochloride* (Acebutolol hydrochloride)

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 ACEBUTOLOL Hydrochloride
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Drug interaction130
2Pyrexia130
3Fall128
4Malaise127
5Renal failure acute127
6Diarrhoea111
7Dyspnoea110
8Asthenia107
9Drug ineffective96
10Vomiting94
11Anaemia91
12Nausea86
13Confusional state83
14Abdominal pain82
15Hypotension81
16Fatigue80
17Renal failure79
18Dizziness78
19Headache77
20Hyponatraemia74

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

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

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Hypertension*1201
2Product used for unknown indication1060
3Cardiac disorder144
4Essential hypertension140
5Ill-defined disorder129
6Atrial fibrillation76
7Arrhythmia72
8Ischaemic cardiomyopathy63
9Myocardial infarction63
10Cardiomyopathy39

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


Types of Adverse Events for ACEBUTOLOL Hydrochloride

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 12148


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for ACEBUTOLOL Hydrochloride

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 12148*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Acebutolol hydrochloride (Apo-acebutolol, Acebutolol, Rhotral, Monitan, Prent, Novo-acebutolol, Sectral)

Charts are based on 12148 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.