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Drug withdrawal maintenance therapy: Which Medications Are Safest? (68 Drugs Compared)

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68 medications are used for Drug withdrawal maintenance therapy, with 1,235 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Drug withdrawal maintenance therapy are METHADONE and NICOTINE.

1,235
Total Reports
68
Drugs Used

All Medications for Drug withdrawal maintenance therapy Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
METHADONE METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE 559 10,719 5,514 40.8%
NICOTINE Nicotine Polacrilex 287 740 2,031 2.3%
BUPRENORPHINE Buprenorphine and Naloxone 177 25,813 9,467 31.5%
BUPRENORPHINE\NALOXONE - 114 1,119 2,872 5.2%
MORPHINE Morphine Sulfate 24 38,212 17,386 31.7%
GUANFACINE Guanfacine 18 122 821 3.4%
LOPERAMIDE Anti-diarrheal 14 1,551 4,298 8.6%
LEVOMETHADONE - 12 9 43 3.6%
HYDROMORPHONE Hydromorphone Hydrochloride 10 28,491 10,395 34.1%
CLONIDINE Clonidine hydrochloride 9 2,401 3,920 19.1%
DIAZEPAM Diazepam 6 12,045 13,635 31.6%
BACLOFEN BACLOFEN 5 2,958 8,773 11.5%
OLAPARIB Lynparza 5 5,496 3,471 30.1%
QUETIAPINE Quetiapine 5 13,610 31,386 18.6%

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