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Alcoholism: Which Medications Are Safest? (113 Drugs Compared)

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113 medications are used for Alcoholism, with 12,885 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Alcoholism are NALTREXONE and BACLOFEN.

12,885
Total Reports
113
Drugs Used

All Medications for Alcoholism Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
NALTREXONE NALTREXONE HYDROCHLORIDE 11,812 1,106 2,843 4.3%
BACLOFEN BACLOFEN 383 2,958 8,773 11.5%
DISULFIRAM Disulfiram 201 51 381 6.7%
ACAMPROSATE Acamprosate Calcium 139 53 290 10.1%
NALMEFENE Zurnai 60 77 118 39.1%
TOPIRAMATE Topiramate 53 3,527 7,098 12.3%
DIAZEPAM Diazepam 38 12,045 13,635 31.6%
TIAPRIDE - 22 194 655 18.4%
GABAPENTIN Gabapentin 18 11,101 16,499 14.9%
VIVITROL - 18 13 24 30.2%
ALCOHOL Advanced Hand Sanitizer 17 15,215 6,310 69.8%
BUPRENORPHINE\NALOXONE - 16 1,119 2,872 5.2%
OXAZEPAM Oxazepam 15 2,965 6,242 23.8%
PREGABALIN Pregabalin 15 8,959 22,920 8.8%
QUETIAPINE Quetiapine 15 13,610 31,386 18.6%
FLUOXETINE Fluoxetine 11 5,534 11,247 17.7%
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE Escitalopram 10 3,531 11,942 11.6%
LORAZEPAM Lorazepam 9 6,187 15,431 18.5%
THIAMINE Thiamine Hydrochloride 9 588 932 33.8%
ARIPIPRAZOLE Aripiprazole 8 3,863 20,713 5.8%

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