MID-VOLUME · HOSP-HEAVY
minocycline Side Effects
minocycline (also sold as Minocin, Solodyn) sits MID-VOLUME #305 of 524 by FAERS report count. Lead signal: HOSP-HEAVY - 31.8% mention hospitalization (3,578 reports). Demographics and serious-outcome tables follow.
Data updated 2026-05-15
- 11,257
- FAERS reports
FDA Adverse Event Reporting System extract for minocycline. Stamp set WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY. How figures are compiled.
minocycline: 31.8% mention hospitalization (3,578 reports). Death stamp DEATH-HEAVY; volume band MID-VOLUME #305 of 524 by FAERS report count.
Mid-book FAERS page for minocycline (Minocin) (11,257 reports). Signature HOSP-HEAVY. Dominant age band on file: 18-44. Educational reference only.
Counts from the openFDA FAERS extract (2004–2025). Stamps WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
NAUSEA leads 1,029 of 11,257 reports
Who reports · age peak 18-44 (SEX-BALANCED)
Sex coding · SEX-BALANCED
Age peak 18-44 (2,924 reports)
FAERS filings rising toward 2025
Reactions in Death Reports
Death-mentioned subset is HEAVY here (1,508 reports, 13.4%). Top co-reported reactions in that subset - voluntary, not causal.
| Reaction | Reports |
|---|---|
| C-REACTIVE PROTEIN INCREASED | 424 |
| PAIN | 423 |
| PNEUMONIA | 419 |
| HYPERTENSION | 412 |
| GENERAL PHYSICAL HEALTH DETERIORATION | 407 |
| INFUSION RELATED REACTION | 404 |
| HYPOAESTHESIA | 403 |
| MATERNAL EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY | 403 |
| HEPATIC ENZYME INCREASED | 397 |
| MOBILITY DECREASED | 394 |
| PEMPHIGUS | 394 |
| RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | 392 |
| ARTHRALGIA | 391 |
| GLOSSODYNIA | 390 |
| PSORIATIC ARTHROPATHY | 387 |
| DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY | 386 |
Reactions in Hospitalization Reports
Hospitalization is HEAVY (3,578, 31.8% of the book). Top reactions in those rows:
| Reaction | Reports |
|---|---|
| PAIN | 600 |
| NAUSEA | 573 |
| FATIGUE | 520 |
| PNEUMONIA | 511 |
| HEADACHE | 473 |
| JOINT SWELLING | 472 |
| C-REACTIVE PROTEIN INCREASED | 466 |
| RASH | 462 |
| HYPERTENSION | 451 |
| GENERAL PHYSICAL HEALTH DETERIORATION | 448 |
| ARTHRALGIA | 436 |
| DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY | 435 |
| CONDITION AGGRAVATED | 434 |
| ARTHROPATHY | 432 |
| ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT | 430 |
| MOBILITY DECREASED | 423 |
| MALAISE | 415 |
| RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | 415 |
How to read minocycline FAERS figures (WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY)
FAERS holds 11,257 voluntary reports linked to minocycline (Minocin, Solodyn), 2004-2025. Death is listed on 1,508 (13.4%). Hospitalization appears on 3,578 (31.8%). Top co-reported indication: Product Used For Unknown Indication.
Mid-volume extract - treat DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY as signal-detection rates next to 31.8% mention hospitalization (3,578 reports).
Read with minocycline
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 11,247 FAERS cases (Δ 10 lighter vs minocycline); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 11,311 FAERS cases (Δ 54 heavier vs minocycline); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 11,380 FAERS cases (Δ 123 heavier vs minocycline); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 11,382 FAERS cases (Δ 125 heavier vs minocycline); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-MID · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(death_share) pole at 62.1% death-mentioned reports (Δ 48.7 pp vs minocycline's DEATH-HEAVY): CASELOAD · HOSP-MID.
minocycline stamps DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY; FAERS outcome shares are signal-detection rates, not incidence. Read them next to caseload WATCHLIST and the label guide.