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Acute psychosis: Which Medications Are Safest? (68 Drugs Compared)

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68 medications are used for Acute psychosis, with 717 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Acute psychosis are OLANZAPINE and RISPERIDONE.

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All Medications for Acute psychosis Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
OLANZAPINE Olanzapine 227 5,535 21,934 10.8%
RISPERIDONE Risperidone 148 4,120 18,771 5.2%
ARIPIPRAZOLE Aripiprazole 130 3,863 20,713 5.8%
QUETIAPINE Quetiapine 116 13,610 31,386 18.6%
HALOPERIDOL Haloperidol 44 1,882 7,393 11.8%
CLOZAPINE CLOZAPINE 36 15,347 41,887 16.1%
PALIPERIDONE paliperidone 32 1,809 8,499 4.4%
SERTRALINE Sertraline Hydrochloride 32 6,889 19,327 11.5%
LORAZEPAM Lorazepam 20 6,187 15,431 18.5%
VALPROATE Valproate Sodium 20 1,000 6,625 6.3%
CYAMEMAZINE - 12 917 2,815 17.5%
DIAZEPAM Diazepam 12 12,045 13,635 31.6%
FLUPENTIXOL - 12 91 461 8.0%
PROMETHAZINE Promethazine Hydrochloride 12 1,206 4,470 15.5%
CITALOPRAM Citalopram 10 1,947 1,002 46.7%
LOXAPINE Loxapine 10 780 2,470 18.1%
CHLORPROMAZINE Chlorpromazine 9 671 1,793 17.0%
PERICIAZINE - 9 29 102 13.4%
LAMOTRIGINE Lamotrigine ER 8 6,604 17,639 13.7%
VALPROIC ACID Valproic Acid 8 2,667 8,183 13.3%

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