Abstract:Objective To analyze the pharmacovigilance (PV) signals of elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) from U.S. Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) by mining the adverse drug events (ADEs) and provide reference for PV in elderly patients with T2DM.Methods The ADE reports of elderly T2DM patients from Q4 2012 to Q2 2022 in FAERS were mined and disproportionality analysis method were used to determine the signal of target drugs and events. Drug-event positive PV signals with the instruction books to compared and analyzed, and their occurrence in elderly T2DM patients in a specific age group was evaluated.Results A total of 18 drug-event positive PV signals were detected, 9 of which were not explicitly mentioned in the instructions, 4 of which were not reported in the literature, including metformin-AKI, furosemide-LA, atorvastatin-LA, and omeprazole-LA. Among all elderly patients with T2DM, patients aged 65-74 years had the most high risk drug-event types. The risk of rosiglitazone congestive heart failure (CHF) signaling was highest.Conclusion In this data mining, 9 potential drug-events not explicitly mentioned in the instructions were found in elderly T2DM patients, which may be related to various factors such as advanced age, liver and kidney insufficiency, comorbidities or complications, and concomitant medication in this specific population.Remind elderly T2DM patients of different age groups to pay special attention to the ADE situation when using relevant drugs. Among all elderly T2DM patients, rosiglitazone has the highest risk of CHF.