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Acute psychosis: Which Medications Cause It? (1,678 Reports Across 119 Drugs)

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Acute psychosis has been reported as an adverse event with 119 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,678 total reports. 33 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Acute psychosis are CLOZAPINE, ARIPIPRAZOLE, and OLANZAPINE.

1,678
Total Reports
119
Drugs Involved
33
Deaths
1,004
Hospitalizations
46.8 yrs
Average Patient Age
51.8% / 48.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Acute psychosis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
CLOZAPINE 141 0.2% 4 116 2
ARIPIPRAZOLE 110 0.2% 0 79 19
OLANZAPINE 89 0.2% 1 58 30
LEVETIRACETAM 88 0.1% 2 32 2
QUETIAPINE 87 0.1% 2 65 1
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA 63 0.1% 1 56 1
DEXAMETHASONE 52 0.0% 0 36 1
CLARITHROMYCIN 50 0.3% 0 30 8
PRAMIPEXOLE 50 0.8% 0 43 3
AMANTADINE 47 0.9% 0 44 0
PALIPERIDONE 47 0.1% 1 29 2
PREDNISOLONE 43 0.1% 2 30 0
RISPERIDONE 42 0.1% 1 20 0
ENTACAPONE 35 2.5% 0 35 0
NABILONE 35 8.0% 0 35 0
SERTRALINE 32 0.1% 0 18 17
FLUDROCORTISONE 30 2.5% 0 30 0
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 30 0.1% 1 15 1
PREGABALIN 30 0.0% 0 17 0
RIBAVIRIN 29 0.1% 0 10 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Acute psychosis

141 reports
110 reports
89 reports

Related Side Effects

Drug ineffective (1,049,718) Off label use (762,782) Death (660,423) Fatigue (599,248) Nausea (562,301) Diarrhoea (491,550) Pain (471,975) Headache (460,069) Dyspnoea (409,496) Dizziness (352,922)