MID-VOLUME · HOSP-HEAVY
gentamicin Side Effects
gentamicin (also sold as Garamycin) sits MID-VOLUME #294 of 524 by FAERS report count. Lead signal: HOSP-HEAVY - 48.9% mention hospitalization (6,198 reports). Demographics and serious-outcome tables follow.
Data updated 2026-05-15
- 12,687
- FAERS reports
FDA Adverse Event Reporting System extract for gentamicin. Stamp set WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY. How figures are compiled.
gentamicin: 48.9% mention hospitalization (6,198 reports). Death stamp DEATH-HEAVY; volume band MID-VOLUME #294 of 524 by FAERS report count.
Mid-book FAERS page for gentamicin (Garamycin) (12,687 reports). Signature HOSP-HEAVY. Dominant age band on file: 45-64. Educational reference only.
Counts from the openFDA FAERS extract (1999–2025). Stamps WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY leads 999 of 12,687 reports
Who reports · age peak 45-64 (SEX-BALANCED)
Sex coding · SEX-BALANCED
Age peak 45-64 (2,812 reports)
FAERS filings rising toward 2025
Reactions in Death Reports
Death-mentioned subset is HEAVY here (2,366 reports, 18.6%). Top co-reported reactions in that subset - voluntary, not causal.
| Reaction | Reports |
|---|---|
| DEATH | 282 |
| SEPSIS | 211 |
| SEPTIC SHOCK | 206 |
| DIARRHOEA | 205 |
| RENAL FAILURE | 186 |
| ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY | 165 |
| PNEUMONIA | 161 |
| PYREXIA | 161 |
| NAUSEA | 151 |
| MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME | 150 |
| CONDITION AGGRAVATED | 141 |
| DISEASE PROGRESSION | 137 |
| FATIGUE | 132 |
| MULTI-ORGAN FAILURE | 132 |
| NEUTROPENIA | 126 |
| HYPOTENSION | 119 |
| DYSPNOEA | 117 |
| SEIZURE | 110 |
Reactions in Hospitalization Reports
Hospitalization is HEAVY (6,198, 48.9% of the book). Top reactions in those rows:
| Reaction | Reports |
|---|---|
| ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY | 584 |
| PYREXIA | 528 |
| DIARRHOEA | 349 |
| SEPSIS | 297 |
| RENAL FAILURE | 294 |
| NAUSEA | 257 |
| CONDITION AGGRAVATED | 254 |
| PNEUMONIA | 248 |
| VOMITING | 248 |
| HYPOTENSION | 232 |
| RENAL FAILURE ACUTE | 227 |
| DRUG INTERACTION | 226 |
| DYSPNOEA | 223 |
| ANAEMIA | 220 |
| NEUTROPENIA | 219 |
| FATIGUE | 214 |
| THROMBOCYTOPENIA | 190 |
| SEPTIC SHOCK | 189 |
How to read gentamicin FAERS figures (WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY)
FAERS holds 12,687 voluntary reports linked to gentamicin (Garamycin), 1999-2025. Death is listed on 2,366 (18.6%). Hospitalization appears on 6,198 (48.9%). Top co-reported indication: Product Used For Unknown Indication.
Mid-volume extract - treat DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY as signal-detection rates next to 48.9% mention hospitalization (6,198 reports).
Read with gentamicin
Peers ranked by ABS(total_reports), then an ABS(death_share) pole; guide hop follows DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY stamps.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 12,687 FAERS cases (Δ 0 heavier vs gentamicin); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-MID · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 12,726 FAERS cases (Δ 39 heavier vs gentamicin); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 12,758 FAERS cases (Δ 71 heavier vs gentamicin); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-MID · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 12,794 FAERS cases (Δ 107 heavier vs gentamicin); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · MALE-LED vs this page's WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(death_share) pole at 62.1% death-mentioned reports (Δ 43.5 pp vs gentamicin's DEATH-HEAVY): CASELOAD · HOSP-MID.
gentamicin stamps DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY; FAERS outcome shares are signal-detection rates, not incidence. Read them next to caseload WATCHLIST and the label guide.