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Dementia: Which Medications Are Safest? (254 Drugs Compared)

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254 medications are used for Dementia, with 6,049 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Dementia are DONEPEZIL and RIVASTIGMINE.

6,049
Total Reports
254
Drugs Used

All Medications for Dementia Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
DONEPEZIL donepezil hydrochloride 1,350 1,101 3,963 12.5%
RIVASTIGMINE Exelon 887 2,232 2,716 24.5%
MEMANTINE Memantine Hydrochloride 812 608 2,474 10.3%
PIMAVANSERIN pimavanserin 526 12,352 7,471 26.7%
GALANTAMINE - 406 139 868 8.7%
QUETIAPINE Quetiapine 366 13,610 31,386 18.6%
RISPERIDONE Risperidone 294 4,120 18,771 5.2%
GALANTAMINE HYDROBROMIDE Galantamine Hydrobromide 291 12 499 1.7%
BREXPIPRAZOLE Rexulti 160 673 1,269 5.1%
OLANZAPINE Olanzapine 151 5,535 21,934 10.8%
ARIPIPRAZOLE Aripiprazole 145 3,863 20,713 5.8%
CLOZAPINE CLOZAPINE 126 15,347 41,887 16.1%
AMITRIPTYLINE AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE 99 4,837 7,290 23.7%
EXELON - 93 232 226 37.7%
HALOPERIDOL Haloperidol 61 1,882 7,393 11.8%
DONEPEZIL\MEMANTINE - 60 33 42 9.9%
DEXTROMETHORPHAN HYDROBROMIDE\QUINIDINE - 56 2,936 282 55.3%
MIRTAZAPINE Mirtazapine 53 5,410 11,495 18.9%
TRAZODONE Trazodone Hydrochloride 48 6,213 7,153 32.4%
SERTRALINE Sertraline Hydrochloride 42 6,889 19,327 11.5%

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