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Palpitations: Which Medications Are Safest? (169 Drugs Compared)

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169 medications are used for Palpitations, with 1,018 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Palpitations are METOPROLOL and BISOPROLOL.

1,018
Total Reports
169
Drugs Used

All Medications for Palpitations Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
METOPROLOL metoprolol succinate 271 6,575 15,925 15.9%
BISOPROLOL bisoprolol fumarate and hydrochlorothiazide 105 2,541 15,394 9.2%
PROPRANOLOL Propranolol Hydrochloride 77 3,221 4,912 16.6%
ATENOLOL Atenolol and Chlorthalidone 58 1,722 5,024 14.0%
VERAPAMIL Verapamil Hydrochloride 35 2,630 3,576 28.2%
NEBIVOLOL nebivolol 34 455 2,586 7.2%
PROPAFENONE Propafenone Hydrochloride 32 221 796 11.3%
DILTIAZEM Cardizem CD 28 4,562 6,674 31.0%
AMIODARONE Amiodarone Hydrochloride 27 3,845 13,711 15.3%
FLECAINIDE Flecainide Acetate 23 607 2,073 13.8%
RIVAROXABAN Rivaroxaban 20 19,233 70,513 14.7%
IVABRADINE IVABRADINE 12 394 1,445 8.7%
ALPRAZOLAM Alprazolam 11 16,072 15,996 33.2%
LORAZEPAM Lorazepam 11 6,187 15,431 18.5%
ASPIRIN Aspirin 10 13,029 53,089 14.1%
CLONAZEPAM Clonazepam 10 8,488 12,506 21.5%
ROSUVASTATIN Rosuvastatin Calcium 10 1,536 11,195 4.2%
CARVEDILOL Carvedilol Phosphate 9 2,246 6,005 16.4%
DOFETILIDE Dofetilide 9 428 1,446 8.5%
DRONEDARONE Multaq 9 115 611 4.2%

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