Drug Safety Information for EULEXIN (Flutamide)

Adverse Drug Reactions for EULEXIN* (Flutamide)

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 EULEXIN
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Prostate cancer57
2Metastases to bone32
3Death30
4Anaemia28
5Prostatic specific antigen increased28
6Asthenia27
7Diarrhoea26
8Prostate cancer stage iv25
9Pneumonia25
10Fatigue24
11Pain23
12Neoplasm malignant23
13Nausea21
14Dyspnoea21
15Fall19
16Back pain18
17Condition aggravated18
18Renal failure acute18
19Decreased appetite18
20Weight decreased17

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

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

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Prostate cancer928
2Prostate cancer stage iv178
3Product used for unknown indication161
4Prostate cancer metastatic97
5Prostate cancer stage iii50
6Multiple myeloma28
7Hirsutism24
8Acne19
9Neoplasm malignant12
10Prostate cancer stage ii11

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


Types of Adverse Events for EULEXIN

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 3217


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for EULEXIN

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 3217*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Flutamide (Flumid, Flutamin, Prostica, Euflex, Grisetin, Flutamide, Eulexin)

Charts are based on 3217 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.