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Anxiety: Which Medications Are Safest? (679 Drugs Compared)

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679 medications are used for Anxiety, with 49,120 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Anxiety are SERTRALINE and ALPRAZOLAM.

49,120
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All Medications for Anxiety Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
SERTRALINE Sertraline Hydrochloride 5,821 6,889 19,327 11.5%
ALPRAZOLAM Alprazolam 5,512 16,072 15,996 33.2%
CLONAZEPAM Clonazepam 3,716 8,488 12,506 21.5%
LORAZEPAM Lorazepam 3,236 6,187 15,431 18.5%
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE Escitalopram 2,660 3,531 11,942 11.6%
VENLAFAXINE Venlafaxine Hydrochloride 2,564 7,521 15,749 15.7%
DULOXETINE Duloxetine Hydrochloride 2,328 4,044 10,622 7.7%
DIAZEPAM Diazepam 1,885 12,045 13,635 31.6%
ARIPIPRAZOLE Aripiprazole 1,770 3,863 20,713 5.8%
FLUOXETINE Fluoxetine 1,541 5,534 11,247 17.7%
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE Citalopram Hydrobromide 1,493 6,745 9,074 24.9%
PAROXETINE Paroxetine 1,337 2,854 8,171 13.3%
OXAZEPAM Oxazepam 1,314 2,965 6,242 23.8%
QUETIAPINE Quetiapine 1,309 13,610 31,386 18.6%
RISPERIDONE Risperidone 1,232 4,120 18,771 5.2%
BUPROPION Bupropion Hydrochloride (XL) 1,145 8,577 10,246 24.1%
DESVENLAFAXINE Desvenlafaxine Succinate 989 447 1,093 5.0%
MIRTAZAPINE Mirtazapine 982 5,410 11,495 18.9%
PREGABALIN Pregabalin 982 8,959 22,920 8.8%
HYDROXYZINE Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride 821 3,894 4,772 32.5%

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