FDA Adverse Events Reports (FAERS) Summary for PREVACID
These tables and charts are based on 77,825 total reports for PREVACID (LANSOPRAZOLE) received by the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) from 2004 through July 30, 2026.
This FAERS total includes 76,909 pharmaceutical company-submitted and non-U.S. FAERS reports and 916 U.S. consumer or healthcare provider-submitted
MedWatch reports. Adverse events listed on this page represent serious and sometimes rare adverse events
reported to pharmaceutical companies, and often do not represent typical side
effects for the medication. Find common side effects in the most recent
official drug label.
For a separate summary of the 916 U.S. reports
filed via the FDA MedWatch voluntary reporting system, view our FDA MedWatch PREVACID summary report.
(See notes section below for explanation of FDA’s mandatory and voluntary reporting system.)
Top 20 Adverse Effects Associated with PREVACID (reported in FAERS Database) Latest Known Outcomes for Reactions Reported for PREVACID
Based on 32273 reports that included a patient age.
Side Effect # of FDA Reports 1 CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE 32103 2 ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY 15699 3 KIDNEY FAILURE 12638 4 KIDNEY FAILURE 9605 5 KIIDNEY INJURY 9397 6 NAUSEA 4044 7 TUBULOINTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS 3677 8 PAIN 3670 9 DRUG INEFFECTIVE 3302 10 FATIGUE 3197 11 GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE 3193 12 DEATH 3013 13 DIARRHEA 2908 14 SHORTNESS OF BREATH 2893 15 HEADACHE 2701 16 VOMITING 2545 17 DIZZINESS 2473 18 OFF LABEL USE 2408 19 DEPRESSION 2177 20 JOINT PAIN 2135 Latest Known Outcome for Reported Reactions Number of Cases 1 Unknown Outcome 43592 2 Patient has not recovered/symtoms have not resolved 22294 3 Patient died 6114 4 Patient recovered 6086 5 Patient is recovering/symptoms resolving 2310 6 Patient has recovered but has consequent health issues 159 Yearly FDA Adverse Event Reports (Table)
Year Number of Reports 1997 1 2001 1 2003 3 2004 1933 2005 2238 2006 2308 2007 1624 2008 1551 2009 1983 2010 2610 2011 2410 2012 2958 2013 2021 2014 1684 2015 2550 2016 2907 2017 1988 2018 18150 2019 17091 2020 4139 2021 3172 2022 1482 2023 925 2024 934 2025 763 2026 399 Reports by Patient Age Group (Table)
Age Group Number of Reports 0-10 1034 11-20 1354 21-30 1101 31-40 2021 41-50 5068 51-60 7448 61-70 7386 71-80 4966 81-90 1731 91+ 164
PREVACID Total Reports
| Male | Female | Unknown | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20260 | 36889 | 20676 | 77,825 |
Top Countries Reporting
| Country | Number of Reports | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 56047 |
| 2 | Canada | 3326 |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 98 |
| 4 | Germany | 27 |
| 5 | EU | 24 |
| 6 | Thailand | 19 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 10 |
| 8 | France | 6 |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 2 |
| 10 | China | 2 |
Outcomes for Reports
Serious: 62548
Not Serious: 15275
Note: A serious outcome means the adverse event resulted in death, a life threatening condition, hospitalization, disability, congenital anomaly, or other serious condition.
| Top Indications | |
| Gastrooesophageal reflux disease | |
| Product used for unknown indication | |
| INDIGESTION | |
Top Companies Reporting
| TAKEDA | |
FDA Approval Date: 1995-05-10 PREVACID (LANSOPRAZOLE) Rx Drug: For serious adverse events, report them to the FDA by contacting the drug manufacturer or report directly through the
MedWatch voluntary reporting form.
Events listed on this page represent serious and often rare adverse events
reported to pharmaceutical companies, and do not represent typical side
effects for the medication. Find common side effects on the most recent
official drug label
This report, created by AskaPatient.com, is derived from the cases for PREVACID reported to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) and
obtained from Open FDA. Data was last
updated with reports received through July 30, 2026.
Adverse Event Reports are submitted to the FAERS database by pharmaceutical companies (mandatory reporting is required by manufacturers, distributors, or importers).
Health care providers such as doctors (voluntary reporting), and patients themselves (voluntary reporting)
report to the FDA directly through the MedWatch program. Those MedWatch
reports are coded and included in the FAERS database. This report mainly
consists of the mandatory reports, because the MedWatch reports are a small
percentage (3 - 5%) of total reports. Link to the MedWatch summary report at
the top of the page for a summary of the directly reported
(voluntary) adverse events for this drug.The number of reports included here might differ
somewhat from the number of reports in the downloadable quarterly FAERS
reports and in the online FAERS dashboard, due to lags in reporting, drug
name differences,
duplicates, and other factors. Open FDA states that it only includes the
most recent version of a case report. It also adds the disclaimer:
"Do not rely on openFDA to make
decisions regarding medical care. While we make every effort to ensure that
data is accurate, you should assume all results are unvalidated."
FDA uses the "MedDRA" classification system to describe reported adverse
reactions. MedDRA is a standardized medical terminology that facilitates
sharing of regulatory information internationally. In some cases, "patient
friendly" terms for the layman designated by MedDRA have been substituted
for medical jargon. Please
contact us
with questions or comments about this report.
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Notes
This summary includes ALL reports where the
drug is a "primary OR secondary OR suspected interacting" drug. Typically, reports are filed for the most serious type or "event" and do not represent incidental or minor side effects. The majority
of these reports are mandatory reports submitted by pharmaceutical
companies, who receive complaints from consumers. The reactions, side effects, or "adverse events," represent up to the 20 most
frequently occuring events in the database for a drug related to the event.
This report also features counts of latest known outcomes associated with
reported side effects, but does not provide the specific outcomes for specific
adverse events.
