Drug Safety Information for VELBAN (Vinblastine sulfate)

Adverse Drug Reactions for VELBAN* (Vinblastine sulfate)

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 VELBAN
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Febrile neutropenia156
2Neutropenia*148
3Pyrexia110
4Pulmonary toxicity107
5Dyspnoea98
6Vomiting91
7Nausea87
8Toxicity to various agents75
9Anaemia67
10Pancytopenia65
11Abdominal pain61
12Diarrhoea60
13Interstitial lung disease57
14Sepsis55
15Death55
16Fatigue55
17Pneumonia54
18Thrombocytopenia51
19Hodgkin's disease51
20Mucosal inflammation50

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

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

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Hodgkin's disease2494
2Product used for unknown indication271
3Chemotherapy178
4Langerhans' cell histiocytosis148
5Bladder cancer136
6Lymphoma106
7Ovarian cancer103
8Non-hodgkin's lymphoma91
9Malignant melanoma82
10Prostate cancer metastatic81

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


Types of Adverse Events for VELBAN

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 7616


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for VELBAN

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 7616*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Vinblastine sulfate (Vinblastina, Vinblastine, Vinblastine sulfate, Velbe, Velban)

Charts are based on 7616 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.