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Table 4 Ten most frequent drug-reaction pairs according to age group

From: Characteristics of pediatric adverse drug reaction reports in the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report Database

Generic name

Reaction

n (%)

a. < 10 years

 Oseltamivir

Abnormal behavior

257 (0.8)

 Rurioctocog alfa pegol

(Genetical recombination)

Factor VIII inhibition

102 (0.3)

 Zanamivir

Abnormal behavior

82 (0.3)

 Cyclosporine

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

71 (0.2)

 Theophylline

Seizure

53 (0.2)

 Acetaminophen

Toxic epidermal necrolysis

52 (0.2)

 Theophylline

Encephalopathy

50 (0.2)

 Oseltamivir

Seizure

48 (0.2)

 Acetaminophen

Stevens-Johnson syndrome

44 (0.1)

 Amoxicillin

Erythema multiforme

44 (0.1)

b. 10–19 years

 Zanamivir

Abnormal behavior

216 (0.8)

 Oseltamivir

Abnormal behavior

142 (0.5)

 Carbamazepine

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms

59 (0.2)

 Zanamivir

Hallucination

59 (0.2)

 L-Asparaginase

Pancreatitis acute

46 (0.2)

 Cyclosporine

Nephropathy toxic

42 (0.2)

 Irradiated platelet concentrate,

leukocytes reduced

Anaphylactic reaction

38 (0.1)

 Lamotrigine

Rash

38 (0.1)

 Levetiracetam

Epilepsy

37 (0.1)

 Vincristine

Neutropenia

37 (0.1)