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Post-traumatic stress disorder: Which Medications Are Safest? (255 Drugs Compared)

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255 medications are used for Post-traumatic stress disorder, with 4,668 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Post-traumatic stress disorder are RISPERIDONE and ARIPIPRAZOLE.

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All Medications for Post-traumatic stress disorder Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
RISPERIDONE Risperidone 643 4,120 18,771 5.2%
ARIPIPRAZOLE Aripiprazole 591 3,863 20,713 5.8%
SERTRALINE Sertraline Hydrochloride 440 6,889 19,327 11.5%
QUETIAPINE Quetiapine 358 13,610 31,386 18.6%
VENLAFAXINE Venlafaxine Hydrochloride 253 7,521 15,749 15.7%
ALPRAZOLAM Alprazolam 193 16,072 15,996 33.2%
DULOXETINE Duloxetine Hydrochloride 168 4,044 10,622 7.7%
CLONAZEPAM Clonazepam 152 8,488 12,506 21.5%
OLANZAPINE Olanzapine 152 5,535 21,934 10.8%
PAROXETINE Paroxetine 152 2,854 8,171 13.3%
PRAZOSIN Prazosin Hydrochloride 134 328 597 22.6%
FLUOXETINE Fluoxetine 124 5,534 11,247 17.7%
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE Escitalopram 108 3,531 11,942 11.6%
BREXPIPRAZOLE Rexulti 106 673 1,269 5.1%
DESVENLAFAXINE Desvenlafaxine Succinate 102 447 1,093 5.0%
BUPROPION Bupropion Hydrochloride (XL) 101 8,577 10,246 24.1%
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE Citalopram Hydrobromide 98 6,745 9,074 24.9%
LAMOTRIGINE Lamotrigine ER 97 6,604 17,639 13.7%
MIRTAZAPINE Mirtazapine 90 5,410 11,495 18.9%
LURASIDONE lurasidone hydrochloride 79 709 2,381 4.1%

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