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Drug withdrawal convulsions: Which Medications Cause It? (1,444 Reports Across 73 Drugs)

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Drug withdrawal convulsions has been reported as an adverse event with 73 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,444 total reports. 21 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Drug withdrawal convulsions are VIGABATRIN, CLOBAZAM, and LEVETIRACETAM.

1,444
Total Reports
73
Drugs Involved
21
Deaths
524
Hospitalizations
30.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
54.0% / 46.0%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Drug withdrawal convulsions Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
VIGABATRIN 460 3.8% 0 106 2
CLOBAZAM 219 2.1% 0 43 3
LEVETIRACETAM 96 0.2% 7 34 9
DIAZEPAM 93 0.2% 0 80 2
ALPRAZOLAM 49 0.1% 3 31 6
CLONAZEPAM 49 0.1% 2 28 8
ZOLPIDEM 44 0.2% 0 35 0
FLUMAZENIL 42 12.7% 0 42 0
LORAZEPAM 40 0.1% 0 31 2
LACOSAMIDE 39 0.2% 7 20 2
TRAMADOL 37 0.1% 0 27 4
OXYCODONE 34 0.0% 1 14 3
TOPIRAMATE 30 0.1% 1 8 1
VALPROATE 30 0.2% 0 17 7
LAMOTRIGINE 27 0.1% 1 7 3
PREGABALIN 24 0.0% 0 19 3
DEXMEDETOMIDINE 23 0.7% 0 2 0
PERAMPANEL 23 0.5% 0 12 0
PHENOBARBITAL 23 0.4% 0 8 2
MORPHINE 22 0.0% 1 6 2

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Drug withdrawal convulsions

460 reports
219 reports
96 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)