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使用FAERS(2022 年第一季度至 2025 年第一季度)数据并采用改进的起效时间法对替西帕肽相关不良事件进行的最新药物警戒分析

 

Authors Gu S 

Received 29 July 2025

Accepted for publication 3 January 2026

Published 8 January 2026 Volume 2026:18 556918

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/DHPS.S556918

Checked for plagiarism Yes

Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 3

Editor who approved publication: Professor Siew Siang Chua

Saisai Gu

Department of Pharmacy, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

Correspondence: Saisai Gu, Department of Pharmacy, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China, Email 2022xh0071@hust.edu.cn

Purpose: Tirzepatide, the first dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist with rapidly expanding clinical use, requires detailed post-marketing pharmacovigilance to monitor emerging safety signals. This study aims to identify and characterize specific adverse events (AEs) associated with tirzepatide utilizing FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS).
Patients and Methods: The datasets were cleaned and standardized using Python, a programming language for data processing, and MySQL, a database management system, to ensure accuracy and consistency before analysis. Subsequently, AE signals were detected via four quantitative disproportionality algorithms, sorted and categorized by demographics, gender, and clinical prioritization, with a modified Weibull model developed to analyze AE onset timing.
Results: A total of 67,305 cases (75.83% female) and 137,583 adverse events were identified related to tirzepatide. One hundred and forty-four AE signals showed statistically significant signals suggesting a potential association with tirzepatide, with several new including postmenopausal haemorrhage and menstrual disorder (implying regulatory interference on sex hormones), Wernicke’s encephalopathy and sleep disorder (malnutrition caused by low intake). Pancreatitis, impaired gastric emptying, dehydration and cholelithiasis carried higher risks with serious clinical outcomes. Sleep disorder, delayed gastric emptying, and medullary thyroid cancer are more common in males; starvation ketoacidosis and incorrect injection site, in females. The median time-to-onset (TTO) was 6.36 days (Interquartile Range (IQR) 0.85– 31.2) with the Weibull shape parameter (β) of 0.44, indicating an early failure profile.
Conclusion: This study uncovered new risks of tirzepatide, including AEs associated with skin, menstruation, psychiatric and nervous system. Median TTO was corrected to within a week, highlighting the need for early monitoring before clinicians prescribe tirzepatide, and special attention should be given to patients who have pre-existing digestive dysfunction, malnutrition, or a family history of thyroid disease.

Keywords: adverse events, adapted Weibull distribution, FAERS database, tirzepatide, GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist