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Depression: Which Medications Are Safest? (1,017 Drugs Compared)

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1,017 medications are used for Depression, with 114,648 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Depression are SERTRALINE and VENLAFAXINE.

114,648
Total Reports
1,017
Drugs Used

All Medications for Depression Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
SERTRALINE Sertraline Hydrochloride 14,497 6,889 19,327 11.5%
VENLAFAXINE Venlafaxine Hydrochloride 11,868 7,521 15,749 15.7%
DULOXETINE Duloxetine Hydrochloride 11,681 4,044 10,622 7.7%
ESKETAMINE Spravato 10,058 637 2,919 4.2%
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE Escitalopram 7,373 3,531 11,942 11.6%
FLUOXETINE Fluoxetine 7,035 5,534 11,247 17.7%
BUPROPION Bupropion Hydrochloride (XL) 6,165 8,577 10,246 24.1%
MIRTAZAPINE Mirtazapine 6,021 5,410 11,495 18.9%
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE Citalopram Hydrobromide 5,450 6,745 9,074 24.9%
PAROXETINE Paroxetine 5,386 2,854 8,171 13.3%
VORTIOXETINE HYDROBROMIDE Trintellix 4,881 400 1,741 2.9%
ARIPIPRAZOLE Aripiprazole 4,543 3,863 20,713 5.8%
QUETIAPINE Quetiapine 4,370 13,610 31,386 18.6%
RISPERIDONE Risperidone 3,356 4,120 18,771 5.2%
DESVENLAFAXINE Desvenlafaxine Succinate 2,714 447 1,093 5.0%
BREXPIPRAZOLE Rexulti 1,896 673 1,269 5.1%
OLANZAPINE Olanzapine 1,690 5,535 21,934 10.8%
LAMOTRIGINE Lamotrigine ER 1,652 6,604 17,639 13.7%
TRAZODONE Trazodone Hydrochloride 1,468 6,213 7,153 32.4%
AMITRIPTYLINE AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE 1,410 4,837 7,290 23.7%

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