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Irritability: Which Medications Are Safest? (150 Drugs Compared)

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150 medications are used for Irritability, with 1,152 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Irritability are ARIPIPRAZOLE and RISPERIDONE.

1,152
Total Reports
150
Drugs Used

All Medications for Irritability Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ARIPIPRAZOLE Aripiprazole 326 3,863 20,713 5.8%
RISPERIDONE Risperidone 254 4,120 18,771 5.2%
QUETIAPINE Quetiapine 64 13,610 31,386 18.6%
BREXPIPRAZOLE Rexulti 53 673 1,269 5.1%
OLANZAPINE Olanzapine 36 5,535 21,934 10.8%
HOMEOPATHICS - 27 30 298 2.8%
SERTRALINE Sertraline Hydrochloride 26 6,889 19,327 11.5%
DULOXETINE Duloxetine Hydrochloride 22 4,044 10,622 7.7%
ACETAMINOPHEN Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen 19 30,085 50,046 22.0%
ESTRADIOL\NORETHINDRONE - 18 27 275 0.6%
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE Escitalopram 17 3,531 11,942 11.6%
ESTRADIOL Estradiol 17 267 1,953 0.9%
CLOZAPINE CLOZAPINE 15 15,347 41,887 16.1%
GABAPENTIN Gabapentin 14 11,101 16,499 14.9%
CLONAZEPAM Clonazepam 12 8,488 12,506 21.5%
FLUOXETINE Fluoxetine 12 5,534 11,247 17.7%
LAMOTRIGINE Lamotrigine ER 12 6,604 17,639 13.7%
CLONIDINE Clonidine hydrochloride 11 2,401 3,920 19.1%
HALOPERIDOL Haloperidol 11 1,882 7,393 11.8%
DESVENLAFAXINE Desvenlafaxine Succinate 10 447 1,093 5.0%

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