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Parkinsonism: Which Medications Cause It? (6,468 Reports Across 295 Drugs)

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Parkinsonism has been reported as an adverse event with 295 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 6,468 total reports. 289 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Parkinsonism are ARIPIPRAZOLE, OLANZAPINE, and RISPERIDONE.

6,468
Total Reports
295
Drugs Involved
289
Deaths
2,521
Hospitalizations
60.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
51.3% / 48.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Parkinsonism Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ARIPIPRAZOLE 912 1.4% 14 367 34
OLANZAPINE 856 1.7% 28 436 28
RISPERIDONE 797 1.0% 36 411 25
QUETIAPINE 778 1.1% 27 421 41
VALBENAZINE 549 2.4% 4 56 2
HALOPERIDOL 352 2.2% 27 149 20
CLOZAPINE 347 0.4% 6 184 18
SERTRALINE 297 0.5% 14 157 19
PALIPERIDONE 272 0.7% 8 137 24
LITHIUM 263 1.8% 11 132 17
LORAZEPAM 255 0.8% 7 177 10
VALPROIC ACID 219 1.1% 5 96 2
METFORMIN 210 0.2% 11 110 3
CILTACABTAGENE AUTOLEUCEL 209 5.5% 39 59 3
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA 185 0.3% 26 103 7
CLONAZEPAM 168 0.4% 3 100 1
PREGABALIN 166 0.2% 0 75 0
VENLAFAXINE 155 0.3% 0 68 6
LEVETIRACETAM 144 0.2% 2 41 1
MIRTAZAPINE 132 0.5% 3 79 5

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Parkinsonism

912 reports
856 reports
797 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)