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Major depression: Which Medications Are Safest? (367 Drugs Compared)

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367 medications are used for Major depression, with 22,443 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Major depression are BREXPIPRAZOLE and ARIPIPRAZOLE.

22,443
Total Reports
367
Drugs Used

All Medications for Major depression Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
BREXPIPRAZOLE Rexulti 3,876 673 1,269 5.1%
ARIPIPRAZOLE Aripiprazole 2,946 3,863 20,713 5.8%
VORTIOXETINE HYDROBROMIDE Trintellix 2,506 400 1,741 2.9%
DULOXETINE Duloxetine Hydrochloride 1,514 4,044 10,622 7.7%
VENLAFAXINE Venlafaxine Hydrochloride 1,380 7,521 15,749 15.7%
ESKETAMINE Spravato 1,278 637 2,919 4.2%
SERTRALINE Sertraline Hydrochloride 1,231 6,889 19,327 11.5%
BUPROPION Bupropion Hydrochloride (XL) 988 8,577 10,246 24.1%
QUETIAPINE Quetiapine 949 13,610 31,386 18.6%
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE Escitalopram 897 3,531 11,942 11.6%
FLUOXETINE Fluoxetine 838 5,534 11,247 17.7%
MIRTAZAPINE Mirtazapine 736 5,410 11,495 18.9%
BUPROPION\DEXTROMETHORPHAN HYDROBROMIDE - 687 16 87 0.7%
RISPERIDONE Risperidone 656 4,120 18,771 5.2%
OLANZAPINE Olanzapine 636 5,535 21,934 10.8%
CARIPRAZINE Vraylar 551 194 702 3.0%
DESVENLAFAXINE Desvenlafaxine Succinate 485 447 1,093 5.0%
PAROXETINE Paroxetine 392 2,854 8,171 13.3%
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE Citalopram Hydrobromide 319 6,745 9,074 24.9%
VILAZODONE Vilazodone Hydrochloride 319 181 249 5.5%

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