Drug Safety Information for MONOPRIL (Fosinopril sodium)

Adverse Drug Reactions for MONOPRIL* (Fosinopril sodium)

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 MONOPRIL
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Dyspnoea302
2Myocardial infarction296
3Nausea281
4Cardiac failure congestive274
5Dizziness*252
6Fatigue249
7Asthenia233
8Diarrhoea229
9Hypertension206
10Chest pain196
11Pain193
12Drug ineffective188
13Cerebrovascular accident185
14Renal failure acute175
15Coronary artery disease165
16Headache160
17Renal failure159
18Hypotension*157
19Vomiting156
20Fall149

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

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

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Hypertension*3533
2Product used for unknown indication1292
3Blood pressure276
4Blood pressure abnormal125
5Blood pressure increased118
6Cardiac disorder110
7Essential hypertension97
8Cardiac failure congestive59
9Ill-defined disorder51
10Prophylaxis39

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


Types of Adverse Events for MONOPRIL

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 26981


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for MONOPRIL

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 26981*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Fosinopril sodium (Fosinopril na, Fosinopril, Fosinopril sodium, Monopril)

Charts are based on 26981 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.