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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: Which Medications Cause It? (7,446 Reports Across 302 Drugs)

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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome has been reported as an adverse event with 302 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 7,446 total reports. 863 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Neuroleptic malignant syndrome are QUETIAPINE, OLANZAPINE, and RISPERIDONE.

7,446
Total Reports
302
Drugs Involved
863
Deaths
5,150
Hospitalizations
47.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
38.4% / 61.6%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Neuroleptic malignant syndrome Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
QUETIAPINE 1,756 2.4% 204 1,289 621
OLANZAPINE 1,748 3.4% 171 1,232 597
RISPERIDONE 1,258 1.6% 151 947 363
HALOPERIDOL 1,244 7.8% 118 898 464
ARIPIPRAZOLE 1,138 1.7% 134 807 354
CLOZAPINE 899 0.9% 79 634 189
LITHIUM 506 3.4% 46 379 158
LORAZEPAM 437 1.3% 42 363 160
PALIPERIDONE 355 0.9% 43 258 69
VALPROIC ACID 352 1.8% 29 261 103
SERTRALINE 309 0.5% 32 256 105
MIRTAZAPINE 269 0.9% 38 193 84
CLONAZEPAM 263 0.7% 31 221 89
DIAZEPAM 248 0.7% 37 197 124
VENLAFAXINE 194 0.4% 25 118 61
CHLORPROMAZINE 186 4.7% 10 157 71
PAROXETINE 175 0.8% 28 142 83
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 170 0.6% 31 102 39
ZIPRASIDONE 166 4.7% 22 140 79
LAMOTRIGINE 159 0.3% 13 124 38

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

1,756 reports
1,748 reports
1,258 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)