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Dystonia: Which Medications Are Safest? (174 Drugs Compared)

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174 medications are used for Dystonia, with 1,462 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Dystonia are TETRABENAZINE and ONABOTULINUMTOXINA.

1,462
Total Reports
174
Drugs Used

All Medications for Dystonia Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
TETRABENAZINE tetrabenazine 268 928 990 17.3%
ONABOTULINUMTOXINA - 202 1,489 2,307 3.0%
BACLOFEN BACLOFEN 192 2,958 8,773 11.5%
CLONAZEPAM Clonazepam 115 8,488 12,506 21.5%
TRIHEXYPHENIDYL Trihexyphenidyl Hydrochloride 94 334 927 18.7%
CLONIDINE Clonidine hydrochloride 77 2,401 3,920 19.1%
VALBENAZINE INGREZZA 75 1,221 3,225 5.3%
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA - 72 12,844 25,836 22.0%
GABAPENTIN Gabapentin 69 11,101 16,499 14.9%
MIDAZOLAM Midazolam 64 1,808 4,691 16.2%
DIAZEPAM Diazepam 58 12,045 13,635 31.6%
ABOBOTULINUMTOXINA - 48 109 406 1.9%
DEUTETRABENAZINE Austedo 48 411 704 7.0%
INCOBOTULINUMTOXINA - 35 76 150 1.6%
LORAZEPAM Lorazepam 34 6,187 15,431 18.5%
BENZTROPINE BENZTROPINE MESYLATE 33 812 865 36.4%
CHLORAL HYDRATE - 31 22 79 12.7%
LEVODOPA L-Dopa 29 546 729 8.3%
PREGABALIN Pregabalin 26 8,959 22,920 8.8%
LEVETIRACETAM Levetiracetam 24 4,322 19,165 6.9%

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