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Personality change: Which Medications Cause It? (5,703 Reports Across 329 Drugs)

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Personality change has been reported as an adverse event with 329 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 5,703 total reports. 426 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Personality change are OLANZAPINE, ARIPIPRAZOLE, and QUETIAPINE.

5,703
Total Reports
329
Drugs Involved
426
Deaths
1,372
Hospitalizations
44.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
51.3% / 48.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Personality change Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
OLANZAPINE 471 0.9% 42 49 14
ARIPIPRAZOLE 468 0.7% 41 46 16
QUETIAPINE 467 0.6% 46 39 20
RISPERIDONE 435 0.6% 40 41 22
CLOZAPINE 423 0.4% 41 32 1
PALIPERIDONE 414 1.0% 41 18 11
LURASIDONE 408 2.4% 43 4 2
OXYCODONE 386 0.2% 110 66 5
ASENAPINE 384 13.4% 41 2 0
ZIPRASIDONE 379 10.7% 41 2 0
ZUCLOPENTHIXOL 340 14.1% 41 3 0
FLUPENTIXOL 330 28.9% 34 2 0
ZUCLOPENTHIXOL DECANOATE 225 37.0% 39 1 0
ACETAMINOPHEN\HYDROCODONE 180 0.2% 42 35 3
ACETAMINOPHEN\OXYCODONE 180 0.2% 42 30 3
LEVETIRACETAM 176 0.3% 2 74 6
FLUPENTIXOL DECANOATE 173 44.5% 35 2 0
MONTELUKAST 172 0.6% 0 6 6
MORPHINE 159 0.1% 56 31 4
TRAMADOL 127 0.2% 27 35 15

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Personality change

471 reports
468 reports
467 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)