Drug Safety Information for PREVPAC (Amoxicillin; clarithromycin; lansoprazole)

Safety-related Labeling Changes for PREVPAC (AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; LANSOPRAZOLE) Rx Drug: FDA Link

Adverse Drug Reactions for PREVPAC* (Amoxicillin; clarithromycin; lansoprazole)

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 PREVPAC
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Nausea*31
2Pain*26
3Anxiety*22
4Injury22
5Abdominal pain upper20
6Vomiting19
7Cholecystitis chronic19
8Chest pain18
9Asthenia17
10Abdominal pain17
11Diarrhoea*17
12Emotional distress15
13Dizziness*15
14Dyspnoea14
15Headache*14
16Gallbladder disorder14
17Vision blurred13
18Cholelithiasis13
19Economic problem13
20Fall12

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

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

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Helicobacter infection295
2Product used for unknown indication51
3Helicobacter test positive22
4Helicobacter gastritis17
5Gastrooesophageal reflux disease16
6Gastrointestinal bacterial infection15
7Gastric infection9
8Gastric ulcer*9
9Iron deficiency8
10Dyspepsia7

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


Types of Adverse Events for PREVPAC

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 1874


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for PREVPAC

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 1874*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Amoxicillin; clarithromycin; lansoprazole (Prevpac)

Charts are based on 1874 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.