Drug
Activated Charcoal
Important: Reactions below are the flagged terms from this drug’s
FAERS report history (min. 3 co-reports per term) — PRR/ROR indicate
disproportionality in spontaneous reporting, not causation.
Data from FDA FAERS via openFDA. Last recalculated: 2026-09-14.
| Reaction | Co-reports (a) | PRR | ROR | Signal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obesity | 54 | 114.1 | 124.8 | signal |
| 2 | Knee Arthroplasty | 62 | 100.2 | 111.2 | signal |
| 3 | Cardiogenic Shock | 42 | 99.2 | 106.3 | signal |
| 4 | Schizophrenia | 24 | 66.4 | 69.1 | signal |
| 5 | Lower Respiratory Tract Infection | 83 | 61.7 | 71.0 | signal |
| 6 | Gastrointestinal Pain | 18 | 55.3 | 56.9 | signal |
| 7 | Intentional Overdose | 101 | 53.3 | 63.4 | signal |
| 8 | Ileus | 19 | 52.0 | 53.6 | signal |
| 9 | Arthropathy | 82 | 49.5 | 56.8 | signal |
| 10 | Lactic Acidosis | 46 | 48.2 | 52.0 | signal |
| 11 | Shock | 32 | 47.2 | 49.7 | signal |
| 12 | Hypothermia | 13 | 43.1 | 44.0 | signal |
| 13 | Intentional Product Misuse | 98 | 38.0 | 44.8 | signal |
| 14 | Drug Abuse | 93 | 37.4 | 43.8 | signal |
| 15 | Metabolic Acidosis | 32 | 34.0 | 35.8 | signal |
| 16 | Suicide Attempt | 61 | 33.8 | 37.3 | signal |
| 17 | Electrocardiogram Qt Prolonged | 33 | 30.8 | 32.5 | signal |
| 18 | Renal Tubular Necrosis | 9 | 30.8 | 31.2 | signal |
| 19 | Ventricular Fibrillation | 10 | 30.2 | 30.7 | signal |
| 20 | Mydriasis | 11 | 28.9 | 29.4 | signal |
| 21 | Sinus Tachycardia | 12 | 28.5 | 29.0 | signal |
| 22 | Circulatory Collapse | 14 | 27.5 | 28.1 | signal |
| 23 | Product Administration Error | 16 | 27.0 | 27.6 | signal |
| 24 | Generalised Tonic-clonic Seizure | 13 | 26.7 | 27.3 | signal |
| 25 | Toxicity To Various Agents | 133 | 26.7 | 33.6 | signal |
| 26 | Hyperkalaemia | 27 | 26.0 | 27.1 | signal |
| 27 | Completed Suicide | 65 | 26.0 | 28.9 | signal |
| 28 | Overdose | 164 | 25.5 | 34.2 | signal |
| 29 | Poisoning Deliberate | 7 | 25.3 | 25.6 | signal |
| 30 | Altered State Of Consciousness | 16 | 25.0 | 25.6 | signal |
| 31 | Tachypnoea | 10 | 24.8 | 25.2 | signal |
| 32 | Sinus Bradycardia | 7 | 24.3 | 24.6 | signal |
| 33 | Oral Pain | 16 | 23.9 | 24.6 | signal |
| 34 | Depressed Level Of Consciousness | 28 | 23.9 | 24.9 | signal |
| 35 | Irritable Bowel Syndrome | 15 | 23.6 | 24.2 | signal |
| 36 | Coma | 33 | 23.3 | 24.5 | signal |
| 37 | Bradycardia | 36 | 22.8 | 24.1 | signal |
| 38 | Rhabdomyolysis | 28 | 22.6 | 23.6 | signal |
| 39 | Mucosal Inflammation | 16 | 20.6 | 21.2 | signal |
| 40 | Lung Neoplasm Malignant | 25 | 20.3 | 21.2 | signal |
| 41 | Drug Level Increased | 10 | 20.3 | 20.6 | signal |
| 42 | Brain Injury | 6 | 20.1 | 20.3 | signal |
| 43 | Dementia | 16 | 19.3 | 19.8 | signal |
| 44 | Cerebral Infarction | 14 | 19.2 | 19.7 | signal |
| 45 | Cardiac Arrest | 44 | 17.9 | 19.1 | signal |
| 46 | Abdominal Discomfort | 85 | 17.1 | 19.6 | signal |
| 47 | Inflammation | 26 | 17.0 | 17.7 | signal |
| 48 | Ventricular Tachycardia | 8 | 16.2 | 16.4 | signal |
| 49 | Status Epilepticus | 5 | 14.9 | 15.0 | signal |
| 50 | Drug Toxicity | 6 | 14.6 | 14.7 | signal |
| 51 | Nightmare | 15 | 14.5 | 14.8 | signal |
| 52 | Hypoglycaemia | 20 | 13.9 | 14.3 | signal |
| 53 | Poisoning | 5 | 13.3 | 13.4 | signal |
| 54 | Respiratory Depression | 4 | 11.0 | 11.0 | signal |
| 55 | Serotonin Syndrome | 6 | 10.5 | 10.6 | signal |
| 56 | Hepatic Cytolysis | 3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | signal |
| 57 | Drug Dependence | 36 | 7.4 | 7.8 | signal |