Drug Safety Information for DILAUDID-HP (Hydromorphone hydrochloride)

REMS for Hydromorphone Hydrochloride (HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE) Rx Drug: FDA Link

Shared FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy

Safety-related Labeling Changes for DILAUDID-HP (HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE) Rx Drug: FDA Link

Safety-related Labeling Changes for DILAUDID (HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE) Rx Drug: FDA Link

Safety-related Labeling Changes for EXALGO (HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE) Rx Drug: FDA Link

Adverse Drug Reactions for DILAUDID-HP* (Hydromorphone 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 DILAUDID-HP
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Pain1911
2Nausea*1829
3Vomiting*1282
4Dyspnoea1053
5Fatigue1029
6Drug ineffective*961
7Death945
8Diarrhoea936
9Abdominal pain792
10Back pain772
11Headache*761
12Pneumonia748
13Pyrexia743
14Asthenia733
15Anxiety713
16Fall665
17Dizziness*643
18Dehydration625
19Hypotension614
20Toxicity to various agents596

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

Top 10 Reasons for Taking DILAUDID-HP
(associated with FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Pain*16475
2Product used for unknown indication13024
3Back pain*1430
4Breakthrough pain1310
5Procedural pain702
6Analgesic therapy628
7Cancer pain619
8Pain management575
9Abdominal pain571
10Headache319

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


Types of Adverse Events for DILAUDID-HP

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 111846


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for DILAUDID-HP

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 111846*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Hydromorphone hydrochloride (Hydromorphon, Hydromorphone hcl, Hidromorfona, Hydromorphone, Dilaudid , Dilaudid hp, Dihydromorphinone, Dilaudid-hp, Exalgo, Dilaudid, Palladone)

Charts are based on 111846 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.