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Intentional self-injury: Which Medications Cause It? (16,662 Reports Across 484 Drugs)

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Intentional self-injury has been reported as an adverse event with 484 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 16,662 total reports. 433 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Intentional self-injury are PROMETHAZINE, QUETIAPINE, and SERTRALINE.

16,662
Total Reports
484
Drugs Involved
433
Deaths
10,316
Hospitalizations
33.6 yrs
Average Patient Age
66.4% / 33.6%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Intentional self-injury Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
PROMETHAZINE 2,869 36.8% 7 2,822 1
QUETIAPINE 1,720 2.4% 74 1,215 213
SERTRALINE 1,621 2.7% 48 1,203 124
PROPIOMAZINE 1,470 80.2% 0 1,437 3
ACETAMINOPHEN 1,133 0.8% 40 833 71
LISDEXAMFETAMINE DIMESYLATE 1,078 6.3% 2 863 5
OLANZAPINE 1,020 2.0% 4 749 66
LORAZEPAM 1,016 3.0% 11 576 103
ALPRAZOLAM 926 1.9% 15 522 74
RISPERIDONE 837 1.1% 6 290 54
DIAZEPAM 763 2.0% 71 484 64
FLUOXETINE 763 2.5% 19 584 59
VENLAFAXINE 757 1.6% 10 450 89
MIRTAZAPINE 696 2.4% 32 539 51
ARIPIPRAZOLE 692 1.0% 3 384 79
HALOPERIDOL 636 4.0% 5 157 17
IBUPROFEN 632 0.7% 14 489 49
ZOPICLONE 613 4.3% 21 570 21
LAMOTRIGINE 612 1.3% 37 480 64
CLONAZEPAM 610 1.6% 34 328 74

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Intentional self-injury

2,869 reports
1,720 reports
1,621 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)