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Alcohol abuse: Which Medications Are Safest? (58 Drugs Compared)

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58 medications are used for Alcohol abuse, with 649 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Alcohol abuse are NALTREXONE and ALCOHOL.

649
Total Reports
58
Drugs Used

All Medications for Alcohol abuse Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
NALTREXONE NALTREXONE HYDROCHLORIDE 227 1,106 2,843 4.3%
ALCOHOL Advanced Hand Sanitizer 123 15,215 6,310 69.8%
ARIPIPRAZOLE Aripiprazole 72 3,863 20,713 5.8%
DISULFIRAM Disulfiram 53 51 381 6.7%
BACLOFEN BACLOFEN 49 2,958 8,773 11.5%
ACAMPROSATE Acamprosate Calcium 24 53 290 10.1%
DIAZEPAM Diazepam 12 12,045 13,635 31.6%
TOPIRAMATE Topiramate 8 3,527 7,098 12.3%
CHLORPROTHIXENE - 7 128 354 20.0%
HALOPERIDOL Haloperidol 7 1,882 7,393 11.8%
METHADONE METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE 7 10,719 5,514 40.8%
AMBRISENTAN AMBRISENTAN 6 10,291 32,910 11.9%
ANTABUS - 5 0 3 N/A

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