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Completed suicide: Which Medications Cause It? (52,116 Reports Across 903 Drugs)

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Completed suicide has been reported as an adverse event with 903 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 52,116 total reports. 51,815 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Completed suicide are ACETAMINOPHEN, ALCOHOL, and AMLODIPINE.

52,116
Total Reports
903
Drugs Involved
51,815
Deaths
13,860
Hospitalizations
49.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
56.8% / 43.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Completed suicide Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ACETAMINOPHEN 6,052 4.4% 6,036 2,283 78
ALCOHOL 5,569 25.5% 5,562 1,788 41
AMLODIPINE 5,267 8.1% 5,254 2,025 42
BUPROPION 5,095 14.3% 5,078 1,750 22
QUETIAPINE 4,997 6.8% 4,959 1,629 105
ALPRAZOLAM 4,873 10.1% 4,857 1,317 42
OXYCODONE 4,330 2.3% 4,316 655 58
GABAPENTIN 4,111 5.5% 4,099 1,249 30
ACETAMINOPHEN\HYDROCODONE 3,366 3.1% 3,360 777 13
CLONAZEPAM 3,320 8.4% 3,302 915 49
DIPHENHYDRAMINE 3,081 11.9% 3,073 1,053 28
METOPROLOL 2,959 7.1% 2,945 916 27
VENLAFAXINE 2,929 6.1% 2,914 920 36
METFORMIN 2,820 3.1% 2,807 936 41
TRAZODONE 2,793 14.6% 2,789 918 23
LAMOTRIGINE 2,433 5.1% 2,420 701 34
TRAMADOL 2,431 3.2% 2,409 598 58
DIAZEPAM 2,359 6.2% 2,347 501 50
FLUOXETINE 2,345 7.5% 2,338 738 22
LORAZEPAM 2,340 7.0% 2,332 668 29

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Completed suicide

6,052 reports
5,569 reports
5,267 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)