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Myoclonic epilepsy: Which Medications Are Safest? (81 Drugs Compared)

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81 medications are used for Myoclonic epilepsy, with 610 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Myoclonic epilepsy are LEVETIRACETAM and VALPROIC ACID.

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All Medications for Myoclonic epilepsy Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
LEVETIRACETAM Levetiracetam 303 4,322 19,165 6.9%
VALPROIC ACID Valproic Acid 115 2,667 8,183 13.3%
LAMOTRIGINE Lamotrigine ER 109 6,604 17,639 13.7%
CLONAZEPAM Clonazepam 88 8,488 12,506 21.5%
TOPIRAMATE Topiramate 85 3,527 7,098 12.3%
PHENOBARBITAL Phenobarbital Sodium 75 945 2,668 14.6%
CLOBAZAM Clobazam 67 725 3,312 6.8%
VIGABATRIN Vigabatrin 44 1,091 3,607 9.0%
VALPROATE Valproate Sodium 42 1,000 6,625 6.3%
ETHOSUXIMIDE ETHOSUXIMIDE 41 10 260 0.8%
ZONISAMIDE Zonisamide 37 299 1,424 6.3%
CARBAMAZEPINE Carbamazepine 36 2,156 9,608 8.8%
MIDAZOLAM Midazolam 32 1,808 4,691 16.2%
LACOSAMIDE Lacosamide 31 1,987 6,845 9.4%
PERAMPANEL Fycompa 29 249 1,760 5.6%
PHENYTOIN PHENYTOIN SODIUM 28 1,449 5,241 10.0%
OXCARBAZEPINE OXCARBAZEPINE 23 864 3,159 8.0%
DIVALPROEX Divalproex Sodium 22 478 4,169 4.2%
BRIVARACETAM Brivaracetam 19 317 1,536 5.2%
CANNABIDIOL Epidiolex 19 1,563 5,149 8.6%

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