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Teriparatide

parathyroid hormone analog
Last updated: June 21, 2026
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Teriparatide is a medication, a parathyroid hormone analog. According to the FDA-approved label, Teriparatide injection is indicated: For the treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture (defined herein as having a history of osteoporotic fracture or multiple risk factors for fracture) or who have failed or are intolerant to other available o. FAERS contains 111,637 submissions naming this drug from 2004 through 2026; the top three reactions cited are nausea, arthralgia, and pain in extremity.

Most-Reported Reactions

Counts of the reactions most often cited in FAERS submissions that named Teriparatide. Inclusion here does not establish causation - submitters describe what was observed, not what was confirmed. One submission can list several reactions, so the totals exceed the report count.

NAUSEA 8,981 (8.0%) ARTHRALGIA 8,673 (7.8%) PAIN IN EXTREMITY 8,348 (7.5%) DIZZINESS 8,285 (7.4%) FALL 7,892 (7.1%) PAIN 7,532 (6.7%) FATIGUE 7,182 (6.4%) BACK PAIN 5,919 (5.3%) MUSCLE SPASMS 5,739 (5.1%) MALAISE 5,666 (5.1%) HEADACHE 5,475 (4.9%) ASTHENIA 5,437 (4.9%) INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA 5,052 (4.5%) INJECTION SITE PAIN 4,816 (4.3%) INJECTION SITE BRUISING 4,768 (4.3%)

Patient Demographics

Patient sex and age across the FAERS submissions that named Teriparatide. Percentages here are computed only from submissions where these fields were filled in - many leave them blank.

By Sex

Female Male Unknown

By Age Group

0-17 18-44 45-64 65+

Severity Outcomes

Severity flags recorded across the 111,637 FAERS submissions that named Teriparatide. Each bar shows the count of those reports carrying that flag. A single case can carry more than one (a hospitalization that became life-threatening, for example), so these bars are independent rates - they don't sum to 100%. Inclusion of a case under any flag does not establish that the drug caused the outcome.

DEATH 5,283 (4.7%) HOSPITALIZATION 24,107 (21.6%) LIFE-THREATENING 689 (0.6%) DISABLING 864 (0.8%)

Submissions Per Quarter

Quarterly count of FAERS submissions that named Teriparatide. Ups and downs on this chart can track prescribing volume, news cycles, or shifts in how reports get filed, rather than the drug becoming safer or more dangerous.

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

From the FDA-Approved Label

Excerpts from the official FDA-approved prescribing information for Teriparatide. This is the authoritative source on indications, warnings, and known adverse reactions.

Indications

1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE Teriparatide injection is indicated: For the treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture (defined herein as having a history of osteoporotic fracture or multiple risk factors for fracture) or who have failed or are intolerant to other available osteoporosis therapy. In postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, teriparatide injection reduces the risk of vertebral and nonvertebral fractures. To increase bone mass in men with primary or hypogonadal osteoporosis at high risk for fracture or who have failed or are intolerant to other available osteoporosis therapy. For the treatment of men and women with osteoporosis associated with sustained systemic glucocorticoid therapy (daily dosage equivalent to 5 mg or greater of prednisone) at high risk for fracture or who have failed or are intolerant to other available osteoporosis therapy. Teriparatide injection is a parathyroid hormone analog, (PTH 1-34), indicated for: Treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture or patients who have failed or are intolerant to other available osteoporosis therapy ( 1 ) Increase of bone mass in men with primary or hypog...

Adverse Reactions (from label)

6 ADVERSE REACTIONS Most common adverse reactions (>10%) include: arthralgia, pain, and nausea ( 6.1 ) To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact Alvogen, Inc. at 1-866-770-3024 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch. 6.1 Clinical Trials Experience Because clinical studies are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical studies of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical studies of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice. Men with Primary or Hypogonadal Osteoporosis and Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis The safety of teriparatide in the treatment of osteoporosis in men and postmenopausal women was assessed in two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of 1382 patients (21% men, 79% women) aged 28 to 86 years (mean 67 years) [see Clinical Studies ( 14.1 , 14.2 )] . The median durations of the trials were 11 months for men and 19 months for women, with 691 patients exposed to teriparatide and 691 patients to placebo. All patients received 1000 mg of calcium plus at least 400 IU of vitamin D supplementation per day. (continues in label)

FDA label effective date: 2025-05-27

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