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Parkinson's disease: Which Medications Are Safest? (394 Drugs Compared)

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394 medications are used for Parkinson's disease, with 99,542 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Parkinson's disease are CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA and PIMAVANSERIN.

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All Medications for Parkinson's disease Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA - 44,842 12,844 25,836 22.0%
PIMAVANSERIN pimavanserin 20,674 12,352 7,471 26.7%
LEVODOPA L-Dopa 5,425 546 729 8.3%
APOMORPHINE apomorphine hydrocloride 5,343 372 1,002 4.7%
ISTRADEFYLLINE NOURIANZ 4,479 716 511 14.3%
ROTIGOTINE Neupro 3,895 1,299 1,727 16.6%
DROXIDOPA Droxidopa 3,468 2,500 2,900 12.4%
FOSCARBIDOPA\FOSLEVODOPA - 2,446 431 1,747 13.6%
RASAGILINE Rasagiline 1,910 255 961 9.3%
PRAMIPEXOLE Pramipexole Dihydrochloride 1,799 327 2,091 5.4%
AMANTADINE Amantadine 1,618 483 1,579 9.4%
CARBIDOPA\ENTACAPONE\LEVODOPA - 1,499 298 904 12.6%
ROPINIROLE ropinirole hydrochloride 1,222 310 1,192 7.3%
BENSERAZIDE\LEVODOPA - 915 131 1,153 6.5%
ENTACAPONE Entacapone 904 109 557 7.7%
OPICAPONE ONGENTYS 760 80 305 7.3%
RIVASTIGMINE Exelon 263 2,232 2,716 24.5%
SAFINAMIDE Xadago 262 30 171 6.9%
ZONISAMIDE Zonisamide 224 299 1,424 6.3%
CLOZAPINE CLOZAPINE 214 15,347 41,887 16.1%

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