Drug Safety Information for PERIACTIN (Cyproheptadine hydrochloride)

Adverse Drug Reactions for PERIACTIN* (Cyproheptadine 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 PERIACTIN
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

	Side Effect	# of FDA Reports
1	Nausea	96
2	Pyrexia	84
3	Decreased appetite	79
4	Vomiting	79
5	Abnormal behaviour	78
6	Diarrhoea	72
7	Convulsion	67
8	Pain	64
9	Dyspnoea	60
10	Weight decreased	59
11	Headache	59
12	Asthenia	58
13	Drug ineffective*	57
14	Dehydration	56
15	Fatigue	55
16	Pneumonia	54
17	Anxiety	46
18	Dizziness	46
19	Anaemia	42
20	Abdominal pain	42

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

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

	Reason	# of FDA Reports
1	Product used for unknown indication	664
2	Decreased appetite	163
3	Hypersensitivity	142
4	Increased appetite	88
5	Appetite disorder	85
6	Pruritus	84
7	Migraine	71
8	Nightmare	54
9	Ill-defined disorder	53
10	Rhinorrhoea	43

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

Types of Adverse Events for PERIACTIN

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 8168

Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for PERIACTIN

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 8168*

* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Cyproheptadine hydrochloride (Periactin)

Charts are based on 8168 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.

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.