Top 30 Medications Associated with Dyspnea from FAERS, 2018-2022

FAERS data from 2018 to 2022 identifies the 30 medications most frequently linked to reports of dyspnea, or shortness of breath. The 9.5 KB XLS file was authored by Qiaoling Pan and last updated in May 2026. This dataset provides a focused snapshot of potential drug safety signals for a specific adverse reaction.

Use Cases

• Ranking drug safety signals based on dyspnea report frequency mentioned in the description
• Identifying potential drug classes associated with respiratory adverse events based on the medication list
• Benchmarking new adverse event reports against a known top-30 list from 2018-2022
• Supporting hypothesis generation for drug-safety research focused on dyspnea

Strengths

• Data covers a 5-year time range from January 2018 to December 2022.
• File size is 9.5 KB, indicating a compact and focused dataset.
• License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting open sharing and adaptation.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (9.5 KB), indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

FAERS (FDA Adverse Event Reporting System)

Collection Method

Likely extracted and aggregated from public FAERS reports, arranged by frequency.

Time Range

January 2018 to December 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 17:40:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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