Drug Safety Information for CALCITONIN-SALMON (Calcitonin salmon)

Adverse Drug Reactions for CALCITONIN-SALMON* (Calcitonin salmon)

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 CALCITONIN-SALMON
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Nausea261
2Fall206
3Pain198
4Arthralgia187
5Dizziness175
6Asthenia169
7Dyspnoea165
8Back pain164
9Headache156
10Pain in extremity154
11Diarrhoea151
12Drug ineffective151
13Vomiting147
14Fatigue143
15Hypertension113
16Weight decreased112
17Pneumonia112
18Oedema peripheral106
19Osteoporosis105
20Anxiety104

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

Top 10 Reasons for Taking CALCITONIN-SALMON
(associated with FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Osteoporosis3106
2Product used for unknown indication983
3Osteopenia286
4Osteoporosis postmenopausal102
5Bone disorder80
6Complex regional pain syndrome73
7Gastrointestinal disorder58
8Pain58
9Hypercalcaemia54
10Phantom pain44

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


Types of Adverse Events for CALCITONIN-SALMON

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 20359


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for CALCITONIN-SALMON

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 20359*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Calcitonin salmon (Calcitonin salmon, Miacalcin, Calcitonin-salmon, Calcimar)

Charts are based on 20359 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.