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Paranoia: Which Medications Cause It? (10,382 Reports Across 442 Drugs)

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Paranoia has been reported as an adverse event with 442 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 10,382 total reports. 387 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Paranoia are QUETIAPINE, PIMAVANSERIN, and ARIPIPRAZOLE.

10,382
Total Reports
442
Drugs Involved
387
Deaths
3,417
Hospitalizations
46.5 yrs
Average Patient Age
51.6% / 48.4%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Paranoia Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
QUETIAPINE 559 0.8% 56 308 28
PIMAVANSERIN 542 1.2% 70 127 1
ARIPIPRAZOLE 521 0.8% 5 222 21
RISPERIDONE 504 0.6% 11 306 23
CLOZAPINE 457 0.5% 13 326 10
SERTRALINE 456 0.8% 10 176 45
PALIPERIDONE 396 1.0% 3 129 7
OLANZAPINE 357 0.7% 2 187 45
DULOXETINE 290 0.6% 6 74 9
OXYCODONE 284 0.2% 49 72 7
CLONAZEPAM 270 0.7% 18 193 17
BUPROPION 264 0.7% 12 181 6
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA 216 0.4% 13 136 5
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE 210 0.8% 5 154 3
SODIUM OXYBATE 200 0.3% 1 49 1
MONTELUKAST 197 0.7% 15 44 29
LEVETIRACETAM 190 0.3% 2 90 6
MORPHINE 183 0.2% 30 66 2
VENLAFAXINE 176 0.4% 6 62 23
METHYLPHENIDATE 171 0.6% 0 53 7

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Paranoia

559 reports
542 reports
521 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)