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Stress: Which Medications Are Safest? (221 Drugs Compared)

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221 medications are used for Stress, with 1,685 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Stress are NOREPINEPHRINE and SERTRALINE.

1,685
Total Reports
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Drugs Used

All Medications for Stress Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
NOREPINEPHRINE NOREPINEPHRINE BITARTRATE 274 1,673 2,668 32.8%
SERTRALINE Sertraline Hydrochloride 154 6,889 19,327 11.5%
ALPRAZOLAM Alprazolam 151 16,072 15,996 33.2%
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE Escitalopram 71 3,531 11,942 11.6%
VENLAFAXINE Venlafaxine Hydrochloride 70 7,521 15,749 15.7%
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE Citalopram Hydrobromide 62 6,745 9,074 24.9%
CLONAZEPAM Clonazepam 55 8,488 12,506 21.5%
DULOXETINE Duloxetine Hydrochloride 50 4,044 10,622 7.7%
RANITIDINE Ranitidine 46 26,824 7,673 6.4%
NOREPINEPHRINE\NOREPINEPHRINE - 43 296 553 28.1%
LORAZEPAM Lorazepam 41 6,187 15,431 18.5%
ARIPIPRAZOLE Aripiprazole 36 3,863 20,713 5.8%
AMITRIPTYLINE AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE 34 4,837 7,290 23.7%
RISPERIDONE Risperidone 33 4,120 18,771 5.2%
BUPROPION Bupropion Hydrochloride (XL) 32 8,577 10,246 24.1%
DESVENLAFAXINE Desvenlafaxine Succinate 31 447 1,093 5.0%
DIAZEPAM Diazepam 25 12,045 13,635 31.6%
QUETIAPINE Quetiapine 25 13,610 31,386 18.6%
PAROXETINE Paroxetine 23 2,854 8,171 13.3%
FLUOXETINE Fluoxetine 20 5,534 11,247 17.7%

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