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Smoking cessation therapy: Which Medications Are Safest? (122 Drugs Compared)

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122 medications are used for Smoking cessation therapy, with 27,613 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Smoking cessation therapy are NICOTINE and VARENICLINE.

27,613
Total Reports
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Drugs Used

All Medications for Smoking cessation therapy Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
NICOTINE Nicotine Polacrilex 16,741 740 2,031 2.3%
VARENICLINE Varenicline 9,055 458 1,754 2.2%
CHANTIX - 889 18 66 1.1%
BUPROPION Bupropion Hydrochloride (XL) 702 8,577 10,246 24.1%
CHAMPIX - 116 13 43 6.8%
NICOTROL - 51 0 12 N/A
UNSPECIFIED INGREDIENT - 17 6,132 11,236 23.4%
NICORETTE - 15 0 4 N/A
ZYBAN - 14 2 6 7.1%
NICODERM CQ - 12 2 1 8.0%
NICOTINELL TTS - 12 0 1 N/A
NICOTINELL GUM - 11 0 0 N/A
PRIVATE LABEL STEP 1 ACCT UNKNOWN - 10 2 3 18.2%
NICODERM CQ CLEAR - 9 0 1 N/A
NICOTINE GUM - 9 0 0 N/A
WELLBUTRIN - 9 14 70 3.8%
NIQUITIN - 8 1 2 7.1%
NICORETTE FRESHMINT - 5 0 0 N/A
NICORETTE OTC - 5 1 0 0.8%

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