Most Hospitalization Reports

Reading the Most Hospitalization Reports

This table ranks 50 drugs by hospital reports, sourced from FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). The current leader is aspirin at 203,341, followed by furosemide and prednisone. Each row links to a full drug profile so readers can move from headline number to the underlying FDA data, labeling, FAERS reports, recalls, pricing, and shortage status, that explains why a particular drug sits where it does.

Hospitalization reports in FAERS indicate cases where a drug-associated adverse event led to or extended a hospital stay. Widely prescribed medications naturally accumulate more reports. Blood thinners, insulin, and cardiovascular drugs often top this list because their therapeutic effects require careful dosing, too much or too little can require emergency intervention. These reports help FDA identify drugs that may benefit from improved dosing guidelines or additional monitoring requirements.

Rankings are diagnostic, not prescriptive. Absolute numbers are shaped by exposure volume, reporting practices, and data-collection methodology, so a drug near the top is not automatically "worse" than a drug near the bottom, it may simply be older, more widely prescribed, or manufactured by firms with more visible reporting. Context from FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) updates continuously, which means the relative order here can change from one refresh to the next. Rankings on this page are for educational research only and must not be used as a substitute for medical advice from a licensed clinician.