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Perinatal depression: Which Medications Are Safest? (58 Drugs Compared)

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58 medications are used for Perinatal depression, with 1,221 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Perinatal depression are ZURANOLONE and BREXANOLONE.

1,221
Total Reports
58
Drugs Used

All Medications for Perinatal depression Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ZURANOLONE ZURZUVAE 560 1 33 0.1%
BREXANOLONE - 216 1 12 0.4%
SERTRALINE Sertraline Hydrochloride 147 6,889 19,327 11.5%
VENLAFAXINE Venlafaxine Hydrochloride 63 7,521 15,749 15.7%
PAROXETINE Paroxetine 36 2,854 8,171 13.3%
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE Escitalopram 30 3,531 11,942 11.6%
QUETIAPINE Quetiapine 23 13,610 31,386 18.6%
BUPROPION Bupropion Hydrochloride (XL) 21 8,577 10,246 24.1%
FLUOXETINE Fluoxetine 19 5,534 11,247 17.7%
OLANZAPINE Olanzapine 18 5,535 21,934 10.8%
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE Citalopram Hydrobromide 17 6,745 9,074 24.9%
ARIPIPRAZOLE Aripiprazole 15 3,863 20,713 5.8%
MIRTAZAPINE Mirtazapine 12 5,410 11,495 18.9%
VORTIOXETINE HYDROBROMIDE Trintellix 12 400 1,741 2.9%
DULOXETINE Duloxetine Hydrochloride 11 4,044 10,622 7.7%
CITALOPRAM Citalopram 6 1,947 1,002 46.7%
FLUVOXAMINE Fluvoxamine Maleate 6 344 1,092 12.8%
ALPRAZOLAM Alprazolam 5 16,072 15,996 33.2%
DESVENLAFAXINE Desvenlafaxine Succinate 5 447 1,093 5.0%

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